Jun 14, 2014
In this episode, Caesar takes up his proconsular role in Gaul. We talk a little about his preparations, his legions, his COMMENTARIES, about the size and scope of his territory and the nature of the Gauls themselves
Jun 4, 2014
It’s the last months of Caesar’s consulship and the first triumvirate and he doesn’t muck about. He delivers for himself and his friends and crushes his enemies.
May 20, 2014
Hey folks! We’re very excited to announce our brand new kick-ass history series – THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. It’s going to be our wildest and best series yet! This is the guy that both Napoleon and Caesar admired and studied, so it only makes...
May 16, 2014
The year is now 60 B.C.E. Caesar *finally* achieves his goal of becoming Consul. He forms the First Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. His co-consul, Bibulus, gets a bucket of poo tipped over him and goes home (true!). All this and more on today’s episode of...
May 14, 2014
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May 2, 2014
Thanks everyone for the generous iTunes reviews! We really appreciate the support. They stop Ray from pulling a Sulla, too.
Apr 25, 2014
On the ninth amazing episode of the greatest podcast ever dedicated to Julius Caesar, we start off with Caesar taking up his position in Hispania, Pompey being awarded his third triumph, Caesar having to choose between getting his first triumph and throwing his hat...
Apr 5, 2014
On this episode, Caesar picks the wrong horse, fights off accusations that he’s in league with Catiline, and then finds out his wife Pompeia is up to no good with a man in drag during the feast of the Good Goddess. In the end, he gets out of Rome and takes up...
Mar 24, 2014
Lucius Sergius Catilina, known in English as Catiline, was a Roman Senator of the 1st century BCE who is best known for the Second Catilinarian Conspiracy, a supposed attempt to overthrow the Roman Republic, and in particular the power of the aristocratic Senate....
Mar 9, 2014
In this week’s episode of The Julius Caesar Podcast, you will learn about bomb threats, how saying the word for love could destroy the world and… Caesar remarries, this time to Pompeia, grandchild on her mother’s side of Sulla and on her...
Feb 21, 2014
In episode #5, we are still hovering around the year 70 BCE and, as such, there isn’t much to say about Caesar himself, as not a lot is known about this period of this life. However, we do know a lot about one of his closest friends, colleague and eventual rival...
Jan 31, 2014
We pick up from where we left off in episode #3, when Caesar was released by the pirates and then went back and crucified the lot of them. On this episode we talk about what happened next – Caesar becomes a priest and military tribune during the era known as the...
Jan 17, 2014
Welcome back to the podcast! Our first for 2014! In this merry adventure, we find out what happens to Julius Caesar after Sulla runs him out of Rome for refusing to divorce his wife; how he makes peace with Sulla; his first military experience; why he became known as...
Dec 23, 2013
In this episode we explore what we know about Caesar’s early years and examine what was going on in Rome the 100 years before Julius Caesar’s rise to power – especially the role of Marius and Sulla.
Dec 7, 2013
Welcome to our first episode! Think of this as a general introduction to Julius Caesar. We discuss a lot of myths and misconceptions that people might have about the man. Why is Caesar considered the greatest Roman? Why is he still fascinating after all this time? Was...
Dec 1, 2013
This is a brief introduction to the Julius Caesar podcast series recorded in 2017, four years after the show started. We’re still in production in 2024, having covered all of the dictators / Emperors from Julius Caesar through to the Year of the Four...
