YHWH v JOVE – Vespasian #19

YHWH v JOVE – Vespasian #19

On this episode, we wrap up the fall of Jerusalem in September 70 CE — Titus strolls into the ruins, declares Yahweh helped him destroy Yahweh’s own temple, and the boys go deep on the genuinely wild linguistic coincidence that the Roman sky-god Jove and the...
UNLEASH THE CARL – Vespasian #18

UNLEASH THE CARL – Vespasian #18

This week we finally reach the end of the Siege of Jerusalem — and it’s brutal. Titus storms the upper city, the rebels’ back is broken, Simon and John have vanished into the tunnels, and by September 25th, 70 CE, the city is rubble and the Temple is gone...
Goddamn it, Carl! – Vespasian #17

Goddamn it, Carl! – Vespasian #17

It’s August 70 CE, and the siege of Jerusalem is entering its apocalyptic final act. In this episode, Cameron and Ray pick up where the last one left off — starving rebels launching desperate sorties against exhausted Roman legionaries, Titus ordering his men to...
Slip, Trip, and Slit – Vespasian #16

Slip, Trip, and Slit – Vespasian #16

It’s 70 CE, the walls of Jerusalem are crumbling, and the city is eating itself alive — literally. In this episode of Life of Caesar, Cameron and Ray wade deep into Josephus’s harrowing account of the final, grinding assault on the Antonia Fortress and the...
Gallienus: The Pragmatist Who Kept Rome Alive

Gallienus: The Pragmatist Who Kept Rome Alive

In this special Life of Caesar episode, Cameron and Ray step out of their usual Roman timeline to talk with Matthew and Matteo Storm from The Lost Roman Heroes Podcast about Emperor Gallienus — one of the most underrated rulers of the Roman Empire. Together, they...
Vitellius #5 – The Mule Guy

Vitellius #5 – The Mule Guy

It’s time to do a bio on Titus Flavius Vespasianus. He wasn’t very ambitious as a young man and only joined the Cursus Honorum because his mother drove him to it through sarcasm, constantly taunting him that he wasn’t as good as his older brother. He...