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Tiberius Caesar #10 – Piso Shit
Problems in the East. It had started back in 15, when the Parthians expelled their king, Vonones. Although I’ve also read 12. Vonones was the eldest son of…
Tiberius Caesar #9 – Happy Fish
The other problem Tibbo had in 16 was a belated consequence of the removal of Agrippa Postumus. As soon as he heard of Augustus’ death, Clemens, one of…
Tiberius Caesar #8 – The Libo Shuffle
Meanwhile, while Germs was off in Germany fighting Germans… Tibbo had major problems to deal with. SILK CLOTHING. CASSIUS DIO: Tiberius forbade any man to wear silk clothing…
Tiberius Caesar #7 – Lindsay Powell, Germanicus
We are very excited to welcome back to the show our favourite history detective Lindsay Powell, author of several terrific books on Agrippa, Augustus and Germanicus. HOW TO…
Tiberius Caesar #6 – Pulling Out
Germs got a FULL triumph and a triumphal arch, which was erected the following year only 150 yards from the arch erected by Augustus to celebrate the return…
Tiberius Caesar #5 – Lèse-majesté
After witnessing the Varus killing fields, They were furious and wanted revenge against Arminius and the Cherusci. Maybe Germs had calculated this? Or maybe it was an accident?…
Tiberius Caesar #4 – The Return of Herman
Remember Arminius, the leader of the Cherusci tribe of Germans? The complete bad-ass who took down Quinctilius Varus at the Varian Disaster aka the Clades Variana aka The…
Tiberius Caesar #3 – The Troops Are Revolting
Poor Tiberius has to live up to Augustus! He’s already rich. He’s inherited Augustus’ fortune. He could just retire, get a nice little house by the beach, with…
Tiberius Caesar #2 – The Confirmation
As you might recall from our last series, Tiberius came from several impressive families. He was, of course, the adopted son of Augustus, and therefore a Caesar. He…
Tiberius Caesar #1 – Killing Aggy P
And so it was that in the year 767 Ab Urb Condita, 14 AD if you’re a Christian, or 14 CE if you’re secular Or, if you were…
Augustus Caesar #100 – AESAR
Augustus is feeling pretty chipper so he and Livia join Tiberius on his trip to the east. It'll be the princeps' last trip. Meanwhile Augustus asked people to…
Augustus Caesar #99 – Papa Don't Preach
Before the news of Varus’ defeat had reached Rome, one of Augustus’ main concerns in 9 CE was how unpopular his legislation encouraging marriage and raising of children…
Augustus Caesar #98 – State Of Shock
News of Varus’ defeat reached Rome only five days after the victory celebrations from the Balkan war. Click on the banner and use the coupon code LOC to…
Augustus Caesar #97 – ARMINIUS
The downfall of Ovid and the rise of Arminius. Another person who got caught up in all this was the poet Ovid. He of the Ars Amatoria, in…
Augustus Caesar #96 – The Grandkids
The downfall of Julia's surviving children, Agrippa Postumus and Julia the Younger. Click on the banner and use the coupon code LOC to get 25% off your first…
Augustus Caesar #95 – Thumbs
* While all this is going on with the Dalmatians, there are problems in other provinces as well. * We hear of campaigning going on in….. Africa. *…
Augustus Caesar #94 – The Great Illyrian Revolt
* Apparently this kind of pride was enough for Augustus to decide they had to go. * Bodacious must have seen it coming, because he built up his…
Augustus Caesar #93 – Bodacious
And overnight, Tibbo goes from being invisible to being the Number Two man in Rome again! * WHO DOES NUMBER TWO WORK FOR * Oh he knows. *…
Augustus Caesar #92 – The James Brown Shuffle
* By the time news of Caius’ death had reached Rome it was some time in late March, 4 CE. * Aug mourned but also hurried to plan…
Augustus Caesar #91 – All By Myself
* Keep in mind that by the standards of the day, jokes about deformities were pretty mild. * Remember those speeches Cicero gave about Mark Antony? The Phillipics?…