Episodes
Tiberius Caesar #16 – Edward J Watts Interview
Edward J. Watts is a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego, and author and editor of several prize-winning books, including The Final Pagan Generation,…
Tiberius Caesar #15 – 'Pisoff'
Abandoned by everyone, Piso walks off the stage. Plancina gets a pardon. Tiberius pulls a Trump and says Piso betrayed his trust. And then there's this how thing…
Tiberius Caesar #14 “Do Your Farking Job!”
Agrippina and Piso arrive (separately) back in Rome. And the trial of Piso begins. HOW TO LISTEN If you're seeing this message, it means you aren't logged in…
Tiberius Caesar #13 – "Infected"
Meanwhile in Rome, people are just getting news that Germs is ill and they are furious at Tibbo and Livia. Aha! They said. Now we know why he…
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Tiberius Caesar #12 – Tears for Germanicus
Why did Germanicus go to Egypt? To get to the other side. His real motive, according to Tacitus, was tourism HOWEVER a couple of papyrus fragments discovered in…
Tiberius Caesar #11 “Father of the Legions”
To Germanicus, Piso’s appointment will have been clear proof that Tiberius still did not trust him. To some extent it followed the pattern whereby a tried and trusted…
Tiberius Caesar #10 – Piso Shit
Problems in the East. It had started back in 15, when the Parthians expelled their king, Vonones. Although I’ve also read 12. Vonones was the eldest son of…
Tiberius Caesar #9 – Happy Fish
The other problem Tibbo had in 16 was a belated consequence of the removal of Agrippa Postumus. As soon as he heard of Augustus’ death, Clemens, one of…
Tiberius Caesar #8 – The Libo Shuffle
Meanwhile, while Germs was off in Germany fighting Germans… Tibbo had major problems to deal with. SILK CLOTHING. CASSIUS DIO: Tiberius forbade any man to wear silk clothing…
Tiberius Caesar #7 – Lindsay Powell, Germanicus
We are very excited to welcome back to the show our favourite history detective Lindsay Powell, author of several terrific books on Agrippa, Augustus and Germanicus. HOW TO…
Tiberius Caesar #6 – Pulling Out
Germs got a FULL triumph and a triumphal arch, which was erected the following year only 150 yards from the arch erected by Augustus to celebrate the return…
Tiberius Caesar #5 – Lèse-majesté
After witnessing the Varus killing fields, They were furious and wanted revenge against Arminius and the Cherusci. Maybe Germs had calculated this? Or maybe it was an accident?…
Tiberius Caesar #4 – The Return of Herman
Remember Arminius, the leader of the Cherusci tribe of Germans? The complete bad-ass who took down Quinctilius Varus at the Varian Disaster aka the Clades Variana aka The…
Tiberius Caesar #3 – The Troops Are Revolting
Poor Tiberius has to live up to Augustus! He’s already rich. He’s inherited Augustus’ fortune. He could just retire, get a nice little house by the beach, with…
Tiberius Caesar #2 – The Confirmation
As you might recall from our last series, Tiberius came from several impressive families. He was, of course, the adopted son of Augustus, and therefore a Caesar. He…
Tiberius Caesar #1 – Killing Aggy P
And so it was that in the year 767 Ab Urb Condita, 14 AD if you’re a Christian, or 14 CE if you’re secular Or, if you were…
Augustus Caesar #100 – AESAR
Augustus is feeling pretty chipper so he and Livia join Tiberius on his trip to the east. It'll be the princeps' last trip. Meanwhile Augustus asked people to…
Augustus Caesar #99 – Papa Don't Preach
Before the news of Varus’ defeat had reached Rome, one of Augustus’ main concerns in 9 CE was how unpopular his legislation encouraging marriage and raising of children…
Augustus Caesar #98 – State Of Shock
News of Varus’ defeat reached Rome only five days after the victory celebrations from the Balkan war. Click on the banner and use the coupon code LOC to…