Oct 21, 2014
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. What more could you ask for? The (un)holy trinity of history podcasters right here for your...
Oct 16, 2014
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 below and check out the rest of his books!
Oct 13, 2014
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 rebel against his control of their lands.
Oct 3, 2014
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 (tribe) and babarus (barbarians), which, she says, don’t have the same implication today as they had back...
Sep 30, 2014
After he returned from Britain in 54BCE, Julius Caesar learned that his mother and daughter had both died. As his daughter was happily married to Pompey, this is a not only a huge personal blow to both of them (she died during childbirth and the child didn’t...
Sep 24, 2014
Dr Arthur Keaveney is the author of “Sulla: The Last Republican” as well as being Reader Emeritus in Ancient History at the University of Kent. He was nice enough to join Ray and Cam for a chat recently about one of our favourite dictators – Lucius...
