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The Last Man Standing – Vespasian #21
Vespasian is finally making his way back to Rome and apparently every city he passes through absolutely loses its goddamn mind…. according to Josephus who is, of course,…
CROWNS FROM THE TEMPLE – Vespasian #20
On this episode, the siege of Jerusalem is over and Titus is handing out medals, melting down temple gold to crown his best soldiers, and carving up his…
YHWH v JOVE – Vespasian #19
On this episode, Cameron and Ray wrap up the fall of Jerusalem in September 70 CE — Titus strolls into the ruins, declares Yahweh helped him destroy Yahweh's…
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…
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…
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…
Vespasian #15 – The One About Yoda
In this episode, we return to the sweltering heat of August, 70 CE, where the Siege of Jerusalem has reached a gruesome stalemate. We take a deep dive…
Vespasian #14 – A Tight-Ass Situation in Jerusalem
In this episode, Cameron and Ray dive into the increasingly grim and desperate Siege of Jerusalem. Following a tactical blunder where Titus's eagerness led a thousand legionaries into…
Vespasian #13 – Titus Likes It Tight
In this episode of *The Life of Caesar*, Cameron and Ray navigate a brain-bending "red yarn" conspiracy board that connects the dots between James Bond’s *Moonraker*, Nazi rocket…
Vespasian #12 – Three Walls and a Funeral
It’s 70 CE, and the noose is tightening around Jerusalem. In this episode, we follow Titus as he turns the siege into a masterclass of Roman engineering and…
Vespasian #11 – The Siege That Crawled
In Episode 11, the focus tightens on Titus as the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE moves from positioning to execution. Drawing heavily on Josephus’ rare eyewitness…
Vespasian #10 – Miracles, Madness, and the Art of Siege Warfare
In Episode 10, Cameron and Ray pick up the siege of Jerusalem at a critical moment, with Titus narrowly escaping death yet again during reckless reconnaissance near the…
Vespasian #9 – Blessed Are the Cheesemakers… and the Siege Engines
In this episode we veer joyfully between kung fu bloodletting, the perils of super-semen, and the siege tactics of first-century Jerusalem. Once the digressions slow down enough to…
Vespasian #8 – Batavians Dance, Romans Sink, Goodbye Tacitus
This episode picks up the Roman story on two fronts at once: Cameron and Ray debate Schrodinger’s cat, Minecraft physics and the metaphysics of Tylenol, before steering the…
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…
Vespasian #7 – Birds, Betrayal, and the Birth of Christianity
In this episode, Cameron and Ray explore Vespasian’s campaign in Judea — a bloody and chaotic chapter that reshaped both Judaism and Christianity. Cameron recounts the revolt’s absurd…
Vespasian #6 – Bitumen, Blood, and Bias
In this episode, Cameron and Ray continue their exploration of Tacitus’ account of the Jews and the Dead Sea. They riff on bitumen bubbling up from the “Asphalt…
Vespasian #5 – Circumcision, Sabbath, and Salt
In this episode of *Life of Caesar*, Cameron and Ray dive deep into Tacitus’ *Histories* and his account of the Jews during the First Jewish-Roman War. The conversation…
Vespasian #4 – Marc Hyden, author, "Emperor Titus"
In this episode, Cameron is joined by historian and author **Marc Hyden** to explore the life and times of Emperor **Titus Flavius Vespasianus**. They trace the rise of…
Vespasian #3 – The Sticky Wicket
In this chaotic and bloody conclusion to the Year of the Four Emperors, Cameron and Ray chart the political chess game that followed Vitellius’ fall. Mucianus arrives in…