Emperors of Rome
By La Trobe University
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Episodes: 254
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jon
Jun 28, 2020
I enjoy the podcast but I find the titles so cute I don't know the topic or which emperor is being covered. For me a more declarative title world lure me in. I sometimes skip episodes entirely when I don't know gist of the episode.
T-Hop
Apr 10, 2019
This podcast is a great follow up or lead in to Mike Duncan's The History of Rome. I love the short segments and the scholarship! Give it a listen. You won't be disappointed!
Description
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Crassus vs Spartacus
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Crassus and the Social Wars
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Excavating Pompeii
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Imperial Dining (with Mary Beard)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Roman Dining
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Episode CCXXXVI - The Madness of Commodus (Live in Melbourne)
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Episode CCXXXV - Faunalia Rustica
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXXIV - Dyarchy Plus One (Diocletian II)
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXXIII - The Rise of Diocles (Diocletian I)
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXXII - Carus and Sons
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXXI - Probus
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXX - Emperor Tacitus
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXIX - Clodius Pulcher and the Bona Dea
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXVIII - Caesar vs Vercingetorix (Live in Albury)
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXVII - The Catiline Comparison (The Catiline Conspiracy VIII)
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXVI - The Reputation of Catiline (The Catiline Conspiracy VII)
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXV - The Exile of Cicero (The Catiline Conspiracy VI)
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXIV - Indomitable Spirit (The Catiline Conspiracy V)
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May 10, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXIII - The Championship of the Oppressed (The Catiline Conspiracy IV)
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXII - A Stolen Election (The Catiline Conspiracy III)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Episode CCXXI - An Entire Farrago (The Catiline Conspiracy II)
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Episode CCXX - A Disordered Mind (The Catiline Conspiracy I)
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Episode CCXIX - Hispala Faecena and the Bacchanalia Conspiracy
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode CCXVIII - Martial on the Emperors
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Episode CCXVII - Angeronalia
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Episode CCXVI - A Roman Haunting in Three Parts
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode CCXV - The Unconquered Sun
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Episode CCXIV - Aurelian, Restorer of the Age
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Episode CCXIII - Zenobia
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Episode CCXII - Aurelian, the Restorer of the World
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Episode CCXI - Claudius Gothicus
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Episode CCX - A Lesson in Latin III
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Episode CCIX - A Diminished Rome
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May 12, 2023 |
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Episode CCVIII - Odaenathus, King of Kings
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Episode CCVII - The Gallic Empire
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Episode CCVI - Rome Crumbles
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Episode CCV - Cleopatra Selene
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Episode CCIV - Octavian's Illyrian War
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Episode CCIII - Augustan Egypt
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Episode CCII - The Death of Cleopatra and Antony
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Episode CCI - Actium
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Episode CC - Cleopatra and Antony (Live in Melbourne)
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Episode CXCIX - Sextus Pompeius
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Episode CXCVIII - Octavia
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Episode CXCVII - The Perusine War
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Episode CXCVI - Fulvia
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Episode CXCV - Q and A VIII
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Episode CXCIV - Sea Monsters in Roman Mythology
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Episode CXCIII - The Humiliation of Caesar (Valerian III)
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Episode CXCII - The Persecution of Christians (Valerian II)
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Episode CXCI - Empire Under Siege (Valerian)
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Episode CXC - I, Augustus (with Brian Blessed)
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May 26, 2022 |
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Episode CLXXXIX - Nero and the Great Fire of Rome (Live in Canberra)
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode CLXXXVIII - How to Win a Consular Election
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May 11, 2022 |
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Episode CLXXXVII - The Battle of Philippi
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Episode CLXXXVI - Proscriptions
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Episode CLXXXV - The Second Triumvirate
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Episode CLXXXIV - The Siege of Mutina
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Episode CLXXXIII - Philippics
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Episode CLXXXII - The Empty Throne
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Episode CLXXXI - Crucifixion
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Episode CLXXX - The Fort
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Episode CLXXIX - Q and A VII
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Episode CLXXVIII - Witches in Roman Literature
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Episode CLXXVII - Witches in the Roman World
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Episode CLXXVI – The Apology of Apuleius
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Episode CLXXV - The Murder of Pedanius Secundus
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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Episode CLXXIV - Boudicca
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Episode CLXXIII - Arminius
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Episode CLXXII - Vercingetorix
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Episode CLXXI - Roman Magic
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Episode CLXX - Roman Luxury and Wealth
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Episode CLXIX - Gallus
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Episode CLXVIII - The Battle of Abritus (Decius III)
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Episode CLXVII - The Gothic Invasion (Decius II)
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Episode CLXVI - The Edict of Sacrifice (Decius I)
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May 28, 2021 |
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Episode CLXV - Phillip
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May 14, 2021 |
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Episode CLXIV - Gordian III
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode CLXIII - Foundations of Rome
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Episode CLXII - Anthology of Interest III
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Episode CLXI - Syrian Matriarchy
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Episode CLX - Faustina
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Episode CLIX - Sabina
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Episode CLVIII – Plotina
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Episode CLVII – Domitia
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Episode CLVI – Agrippina, Mother of Nero
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Episode CLV – Agrippina, Wife of Claudius
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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Episode CLIV – Messalina
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Episode CLIII - Livia (with Sian Phillips)
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Episode CLII - The Roman Empress
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Episode CLI - Ovid's Fasti
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Episode CL - Q and A VI (Live)
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Episode CXLIX - Herodian
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Episode CXLVIII - The Always Unpredictable Outcome of War
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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Episode CXLVII - The Vagaries of Chance
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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Episode CXLVI - The Sun is Getting Real Low (Maximinus)
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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Episode CXLV - Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Episode CXLIV - Ulpian
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Episode CXLIII - Damnatio Memoriae
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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Episode CXLII - Deification
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Podcast Announcement - Raising Standards
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May 23, 2020 |
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Episode CXLI - Translating Suetonius
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May 06, 2020 |
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Episode CXL - A Ridiculous Waste of Time (Severus Alexander IV)
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Episode CXXXIX - A Fish in a Net (Severus Alexander III)
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Episode CXXXVIII - Rise of the Sasanian Empire (Severus Alexander II)
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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Episode CXXXVII - Mother Knows Best (Severus Alexander I)
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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Episode CXXXVI - Spartacus (1960)
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Episode CXXXV - Lupercalia
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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Episode CXXXIV - Roman Health and Medicine
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Episode CXXXIII - Anthology of Interest II
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Episode CXXXII - Q and A V
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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Episode CXXXI - Champions of the People (Gracchi IV)
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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Episode CXXX - Unpopular Reforms (Gracchi III)
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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Episode CXXIX - Tiberius Gracchus and the Landless Masses (Gracchi II)
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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Episode CXXVIII - Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi (Gracchi I)
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Episode CXXVII - Augustus: The Making of an Emperor (Live in Melbourne)
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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Episode CXXVI - Vestal Virgins
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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Episode CXXV - Call Me Not a Lord, for I Am a Lady (Elagabalus III)
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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Episode CXXIV – The Lowest Depths of Foulness (Elagabalus II)
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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Episode CXXIII - Here Comes the Sun (Elagabalus I)
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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Episode CXXII - Purple by Merit
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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Episode CXXI - Assassination
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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Episode CXX - Adultery
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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Episode CXIX - Fragments of Early Roman Literature
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May 29, 2019 |
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Episode CXVIII - The Roman Calendar
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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Episode CXVII – Disgraced Human Nature (Caracalla V)
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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Episode CXVI - Red Wedding (Caracalla IV)
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Episode CXV - Ausonian Beast (Caracalla III)
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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Episode CXIV - Mutilating Rome (Caracalla II)
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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Episode CXIII - Fratricidal Discord (Caracalla I)
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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Episode CXII - The Book of Love
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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Episode CXI - The Equestrian Order
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Jan 22, 2019 |
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Episode CX - Anthology of Interest
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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Episode CIX - Saturnalia
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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Episode CVIII - A Lesson in Latin II
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Nov 28, 2018 |
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Episode CVII - The Legacy of Spartacus
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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Episode CVI - The Third Servile War
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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Episode CV - Spartacus the Gladiator
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Episode CIV - Slavery
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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Episode CIII - Old Age in the Roman World
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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Episode CII - Clodia
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Sep 04, 2018 |
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Episode CI - The Last Will and Testament of Caesar
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Aug 21, 2018 |
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Episode C - The Death of Caesar (Live in Melbourne)
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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Episode XCIX - Q and A IV
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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Episode XCVIII - Caesar's Gallic War
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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Episode XCVII - Sallust
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Jun 28, 2018 |
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Episode XCVI - Dictator of Rome
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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Episode XCV - The First Triumvirate
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May 29, 2018 |
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Episode XCIV - A Republic Worth Fighting For
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Apr 18, 2018 |
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Episode XCIII - Powerful Personalities
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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Episode XCII - The Beginning of the End of the Republic
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Mar 20, 2018 |
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Episode XCI - The Roman Constitution
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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Episode XC - Herodes Atticus
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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Episode LXXXIX - A Man the World Could Not Hold
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Feb 06, 2018 |
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Episode LXXXVIII – Severan Stories II
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Jan 30, 2018 |
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Episode LXXXVII – Severan Stories I
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Jan 23, 2018 |
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Episode LXXXVI – Ascent to Greatness, However Steep and Dangerous
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Dec 12, 2017 |
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Episode LXXXV - Black and White
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Nov 27, 2017 |
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Episode LXXXIV – The African Emperor
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Nov 13, 2017 |
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Episode LXXXIII – Didius Julianus
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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Episode LXXXII - Pertinax
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Oct 16, 2017 |
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Episode LXXXI - Livy
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Oct 03, 2017 |
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Episode LXXX - Dio Cassius
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Sep 19, 2017 |
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Episode LXXIX - Epicureanism
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Sep 05, 2017 |
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Episode LXXVIII - Borders of the Roman Empire
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Aug 22, 2017 |
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Announcement: The Status Quo
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Aug 15, 2017 |
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Episode LXXVII - Such was the End of Commodus
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Aug 07, 2017 |
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Episode LXXVI - It's Good to be the King
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Jul 25, 2017 |
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Episode LXXV - Flying Too Close to the Sun
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Jul 11, 2017 |
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Episode LXXIV - Iron and Rust
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Jun 26, 2017 |
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Episode LXXIII - From a Kingdom of Gold
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Jun 12, 2017 |
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Episode LXXII - On Behalf of the State
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May 30, 2017 |
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Episode LXXI - Meditations
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May 16, 2017 |
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Episode LXX - The Marcomannic Wars
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May 01, 2017 |
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Episode LXIX - Galen and the Antonine Plague
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Apr 18, 2017 |
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Episode LXVIII - Never Underestimate the Parthians
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Apr 04, 2017 |
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Episode LXVII - Heir and a Spare
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Mar 21, 2017 |
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Episode LXVI - Fronto
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Mar 06, 2017 |
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Episode LXV - Antoninus Pius
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Feb 20, 2017 |
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Episode LXIV - Q and A III
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Feb 07, 2017 |
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Episode LXIII - Women Poets
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Jan 24, 2017 |
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Episode LXII - Juvenal
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Jan 09, 2017 |
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Interlude - The Bronze Head of Augustus
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Dec 20, 2016 |
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Episode LXI - Gladiator (2000)
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Dec 12, 2016 |
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Episode LX - Cleopatra (Live at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne)
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Nov 29, 2016 |
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Episode LIX - Martial
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Nov 14, 2016 |
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Episode LVIII - Tacitus
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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Episode LVII - Little Soul, Little Wanderer, Little Charmer
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Oct 18, 2016 |
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Interlude - The Singing Colossus of Memnon
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Oct 04, 2016 |
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Episode LVI - May His Bones Rot
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Sep 20, 2016 |
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Episode LV - What Hadrian Loves Best
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Sep 06, 2016 |
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Episode LIV - There and Back Again (An Emperor's Tale)
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Aug 23, 2016 |
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Episode LIII - Rome Welcomes Hadrian
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Aug 08, 2016 |
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Episode LII - Hadrian the Little Greek
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Jul 25, 2016 |
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Episode LI - Frontinus
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Jul 12, 2016 |
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Episode L - Historia Augusta
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Jun 14, 2016 |
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Episode XLIX - Suetonius
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May 31, 2016 |
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Episode XLVIII - Trajan: Optimus Princeps
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May 17, 2016 |
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Episode XLVII - Pliny the Younger
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May 02, 2016 |
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Episode XLVI - Trajan vs Dacia
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Apr 19, 2016 |
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Episode XLV - In Trajan we Trust
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Apr 05, 2016 |
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Interlude - Valerius Flaccus
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Mar 30, 2016 |
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Interlude - Q and A II
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Mar 22, 2016 |
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Episode XLIV - Roman Sexuality
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Mar 07, 2016 |
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Episode XLIII - Virgil
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Feb 21, 2016 |
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Interlude - Latin Pronunciation
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Feb 17, 2016 |
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Episode XLII - A Lesson in Latin
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Feb 09, 2016 |
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Episode XLI - Nerva
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Jan 25, 2016 |
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Episode XL - What is an Emperor? (redux)
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Jan 12, 2016 |
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Episode XXXIX - Asterix and the Missing Scroll
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Dec 15, 2015 |
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Episode XXXVIII - Domitian Must Die
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Nov 30, 2015 |
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Episode XXXVII - Domitian Dominates
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Nov 16, 2015 |
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Episode XXXVI - The Debut of Domitian
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Nov 03, 2015 |
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Interlude - Titus' Birthday
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Oct 28, 2015 |
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Episode XXXV - A Pleasant Surprise From the Emperor Titus
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Oct 19, 2015 |
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Episode XXXIV - Titus and the Siege of Jerusalem
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Sep 22, 2015 |
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Episode XXXIII - Emperor Vespasian, Becoming a God
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Sep 01, 2015 |
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Episode XXXII - Vespasian, as Prophesised
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Aug 25, 2015 |
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Episode XXXI - Enter Vespasian
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Aug 17, 2015 |
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Episode XXX - Vitellius
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Aug 03, 2015 |
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Episode XXIX - Otho
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Jul 27, 2015 |
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Episode XXVIII - Galba
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Jul 13, 2015 |
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Interlude - Reading List II
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Jul 07, 2015 |
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Episode XXVII - Ovid
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Jun 29, 2015 |
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Episode XXVI - Seneca the Younger
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May 18, 2015 |
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Episode XXV - Livia
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May 04, 2015 |
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Episode XXIV - Cicero
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Apr 16, 2015 |
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Episode XXIII - Romans vs Christians
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Apr 02, 2015 |
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Episode XXII - What a Artist Dies in Nero
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Mar 23, 2015 |
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Episode XXI - The Great Fire of Rome in 64CE
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Mar 16, 2015 |
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Interlude - Q and A
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Mar 12, 2015 |
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Episode XX - Agrippina the Younger
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Mar 09, 2015 |
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Episode XIX - Nero the Youngest Emperor
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Mar 02, 2015 |
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Episode XVIII - The Life of Claudius
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Feb 16, 2015 |
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Episode XVII - Claudius Conquers Britannia
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Feb 09, 2015 |
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Episode XVI - Claudius the Unlikely Emperor
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Feb 02, 2015 |
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Interlude - Reading List I
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Jan 26, 2015 |
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Episode XV - The Assassination of Caligula
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Jan 19, 2015 |
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Episode XIV - The Madness of Caligula
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Jan 11, 2015 |
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Episode XIII - The Rule of Caligula
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Jan 04, 2015 |
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Episode XII - Tiberius the Gloomiest of Men
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Dec 22, 2014 |
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Episode XI - Tiberius the Reluctant Emperor
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Dec 15, 2014 |
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Episode X - The Augustan Succession
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Dec 08, 2014 |
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Interlude - Pax Romana
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Dec 02, 2014 |
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Episode IX - Augustan Rome
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Nov 24, 2014 |
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Episode VIII - The Augustan Revolution
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Nov 14, 2014 |
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Interlude - What is an Emperor?
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Oct 15, 2014 |
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Episode VII - The Legacy of Caesar
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Jun 23, 2014 |
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Episode VI - The Death of Caesar
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Jun 09, 2014 |
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Episode V - Caesar and Civil War
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May 26, 2014 |
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Episode IV - Caesar's Triumph
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May 12, 2014 |
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Episode III - Caesar and Gaul
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May 01, 2014 |
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Episode II - Caesar the Politician
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Apr 10, 2014 |
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Episode I - The Early Years of Caesar
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Mar 28, 2014 |