Dec 19, 2015
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 is awarded a triumph back in Rome. HE’S ONE OF THE CAESAR’S ASSASSINS! Antony gets...
Dec 10, 2015
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 trilogy, DICTATOR, is available now. You can buy it as an audiobook from Audible. Get your free copy...
Dec 4, 2015
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 mano-a-mano: Being veterans they raised no battle-cry, since they could not expect to...
Nov 28, 2015
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 Octavian and the Legio Martia, and convinces the Senate to make the 19 year old kid a Senator. If...
Nov 22, 2015
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 some ABBA and Public Enemy but at the end of this episode, we get...
Nov 6, 2015
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 Brundisium, Octavian tries to buy Antony’s men out...