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Augustus Caesar #14 – The Battle/s of Philippi
Here it is – and it's a big one (that's what she said). Four men enter – two men leave. The showdown to determine the fate of Rome.…
Augustus Caesar #13 – The Build Up To Philippi
The Triumvirs go on the offensive and prepare to engage Brutus and Cassius, and their massive army, in Macedonia. The triumvirs and the assassins control the two biggest…
Augustus Caesar #12 – The New Roman Elite
LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS! Again! but this time… we're a little worse for wear. On this episode we discuss more stories from the proscriptions but also delve deeply…
Augustus Caesar #11 – Cicero's Finale
LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS! The first thing the Second Triumvirate did was a little bit of the ol' mass murder aka THE PROSCRIPTIONS. One of the first people…
Augustus Caesar #10 – The Second Triumvirate
On 19 August 43 BCE, Octavian was elected consul at the age of 19, ten months and 26 days.No-one so young had ever held the office. Decimus, Caesar's…
Augustus Caesar #09 – Cicero's Fatal Mistake
Battles continue between Antony, Octavian and the consuls, Hirtius and Pansa. By the end of the episode, two of the four are dead. Decimus escapes from Mutina and…
Augustus Caesar #08 – Robert Harris
Today we are joined by the one and only Robert Harris – author of many bestsellers, including FATHERLAND and his CICERO trilogy. The final chapter of the Cicero…
Augustus Caesar #07 – The Praetorian Guard
Hirtius, Octavian and Pansa march to Mutina to support Decimus and fight Antony. At the battle of Forum Gallorum, Octavian and Antony's respective praetorian guards go at it…
Augustus Caesar #06 – Cicero's Big Gamble
Cicero realises that the only way to stop Antony is for the Senate to align themselves with the young Caesar. He delivers his Third Philippic against Antony, praises…
Augustus Caesar #05 – Another Civil War Begins
Shit gets real in this episode! Two of Mark Antony's legions desert to Octavian and Antony finally confronts one of Caesar's assassins with force – Decimus Brutus. There's…
Augustus Caesar #04 – Antony v Cicero
In this episode, Octavian throws a party, the Ludi Victoriae Caesaris, Antony is growing more powerful, Cicero delivers his First "Philippic", Antony's army from Macedonia starts arriving in…
Augustus Caesar #03 – The Featured Players
We discuss the other key players who are playing a role in Rome in 44/43 BCE – Marcus Antonius, Dolabella and Lepidus, Brutus and Cassius. There's another civil…
Augustus Caesar #02 – Going Rome
Octavius changes his name to Gaius Julius Caesar – but we call him Octavian so as not to confuse him with the other guy. He makes his way…
Augustus Caesar #01 – Introduction
On the 19th August, 14 CE, 767 years after the founding of Rome, nearly exactly 2001 years ago, the first Emperor of Rome, Augustus, finally died, at 75…
Julius Caesar #48 – The Aftermath, Part II
THIS IS THE END. SERIOUSLY THIS TIME. WE MEAN IT. We cover the events of March 18 – 20, 44 BCE. Brutus & Cassius invite the plebeians up…
Julius Caesar #47 – The Aftermath, Part I
Okay so… we screwed up. We thought Episode #46 was going to be our last episode but it looks like it might take another couple to finish this…
Julius Caesar #46 (Take 2) – The Ides Of March!
The REAL very last episode! Date: 15 March, 44 BCE. Location: Rome, Italy. Event: The assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, brutally stabbed to death by…
Julius Caesar #46 – The Ides Of March!
The very last episode! Date: 15 March, 44 BCE. Location: Rome, Italy. Event: The assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, brutally stabbed to death by sixty…
Julius Caesar #45 – The Conspiracy, Part II
Our second last episode! Probably. We talk about the main conspirators and their possible motivations. Decimus Junius Brutus. Galba. Trebonius. Basilus. Cassius. And, of course, Marcus Junius Brutus.
Julius Caesar #44 – Enter Octavius
Enter Octavius! He's only 18 years old in 44 BCE. And he isn't JC's sister's son, as Ray mistakenly says in the opening to the show, he's JC's…