Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar #32 – Caesar Goes To Greece
Julius Caesar resigns his dictatorship after a mere 11 days in Rome and chases Pompey to Greece! Bibulus blockades half of fleet so Caesar spends a few months…
Julius Caesar CONSUL #15 – Stephen Dando-Collins
Stephen Dando-Collins is the author of many books about Ancient Rome including THE IDES. We had a great chat with him about Caesar's assassination and the civil war.…
Julius Caesar CONSUL #14 – Barry Strauss, Cornell University
Barry Strauss is a military historian with a focus on ancient Greece and Rome. Strauss is editor of The Princeton History of the Ancient World, a series of…
Julius Caesar CONSUL #13 – Steven Saylor
Steven Saylor is a writer of historical fiction centered around the late Roman republic and early empire. He's been called "a modern master of historical fiction" by USA…
Julius Caesar #31 – The Rain In Spain
This. Show. Is. Insane. 2.5 hours. A crazy opening courtesy of Jessica Robles. More songs than ever. Caesar lays siege to Massalia (modern Marseilles). Then he heads to…
Julius Caesar #30 – Run Away, Pompey
Julius Caesar tries to block Pompey's departure from Italy but fails. So he heads to Rome for the first time in 9 years. Cicero laments that Pompey is…
Julius Caesar #29 – The Pardon Of Corfinium
Another massive two hour show! In this episode, Julius Caesar advances on Rome. Pompey and the Senate run for the hills. Cicero doesn't know what to do or…
Julius Caesar #28 – The Die Is Cast… Bitches
We go into excruciating detail about the political machinations between Caesar and his enemies in Rome that lead up to the fateful day (10 or 11 January 49…
Julius Caesar #27 – Meanwhile Back In Rome…
We jump back to 54 BCE and talk about what's been happening in Rome while Caesar has been stomping on Gaul. Massive political corruption. Pompey is made sole…
Julius Caesar #26 – Gaul Is Conquered
You'd think that after they got their ass smacked HARD (and not in the good way) at Alesia, the rest of Gaul would have just crumbled – but…
Julius Caesar #25 – The Siege of Alesia
Well…. This is where it all comes together. Arguably the greatest military victory in history. Julius Caesar lays siege to the walled city of Alesia, the stronghold of…
Julius Caesar #24 – The Sieges of Avaricum & Gergovia
A mammoth 2 and a half hour episode! Vercingetorix continues to make trouble for Julius Caesar. Now almost all of the Gallic tribes are his allies. Yet he…
Julius Caesar – CONSUL #11 – Jamie Jeffers
Jamie Jeffers joins us to chat about Caesar and ye olde Britannia! JJ is the host of the excellent British History Podcast. He is not a huge fan…
Julius Caesar #23 – Crassus, Clodius and Vercingetorix
Well it's all starting to fall apart for Big Julie. Crassus goes to Parthia to meet his maker at the Battle of Carrhae. Rome is falling apart so…
Julius Caesar – CONSUL #10 – First Live Show
Back on Sep 6, 2014, we invited our Patrons to join us on a live Skype call to chat about Caesar, Napoleon, WWII, and anything else. A few…
Julius Caesar #22 – The Annhilation Of The Eburones
Caesar spends this episode chasing Ambiorix of the Eburones to revenge the deaths of Sabinus, Cotta and their legion at Atuatuca. We also talk in depth about Caesar's…
Julius Caesar – CONSUL #9 – Mike Duncan
Here's the show you've all been waiting for! Mike Duncan, much beloved host of The History Of Rome and Revolutions podcasts, joins us to talk about Julius Caesar.…
Julius Caesar – CONSUL #8 – Tom Holland
Our guest on this VIP episode is Tom Holland, author of the excellent book RUBICON. Follow Tom on Twitter, buy a copy of Rubicon by clicking the image…
Julius Caesar #21 – VASTATIO
The Romans had a term – vastatio. It meant "laying waste". Total destruction. That's what Caesar decided to do to the Gallic tribes that had the temerity to…
Julius Caesar – CONSUL #7 – Dr Rhiannon Evans
Our guest on this VIP episode is Dr Rhiannon Evans from Latrobe University in Melbourne! She joined us to talk about the meaning of latin terms like natio…