Augustus Caesar #100 – AESAR

Augustus Caesar #100 – AESAR

Jun 15, 2018

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 just leave him the fuck alone. In 12 CE Germanicus read a speech out in the Senate where he...
Augustus Caesar #99 – Papa Don’t Preach

Augustus Caesar #99 – Papa Don’t Preach

Jun 8, 2018

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 was.  Click on the banner and use the coupon code LOC to get 25% off your first three...
Augustus Caesar #98 – State Of Shock

Augustus Caesar #98 – State Of Shock

Jun 2, 2018

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 get 25% off your first three months! At least Augustus could now transfer troops back to the...
Augustus Caesar #97 – ARMINIUS

Augustus Caesar #97 – ARMINIUS

May 18, 2018

The downfall of Ovid and the rise of Arminius. Another person who got caught up in all this was the poet Ovid. He of the Ars Amatoria, in Engligh, the Arse of Love. Remember him from ten episodes back? The one who wrote beautiful poems about love and seduction and...
Augustus Caesar #96 – The Grandkids

Augustus Caesar #96 – The Grandkids

May 11, 2018

The downfall of Julia’s surviving children, Agrippa Postumus and Julia the Younger. Click on the banner and use the coupon code LOC to get 25% off your first three months! * The food shortages lasted for several months. * Including Augustus’s birthday, so he...
Augustus Caesar #95 – Thumbs

Augustus Caesar #95 – Thumbs

May 5, 2018

* While all this is going on with the Dalmatians, there are problems in other provinces as well. * We hear of campaigning going on in….. Africa. * And also this is the period when Herod’s son Archelaus is so unpopular in Judaea that he’s stripped of his throne and...