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...
Vespasian #15 – The One About Yoda

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 into the survival story of the defector-turned-historian Josephus, flashing back to his “miraculous” (and...
Vespasian #14 – A Tight-Ass Situation in Jerusalem

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 a congested urban death trap, the Roman commander recalibrates his strategy...
Vespasian #13 – Titus Likes It Tight

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 scientists, and the ancient naturalist Pliny the Elder. Once they finally...