Julius Caesar #43 – The Divine Julius

Julius Caesar #43 – The Divine Julius

As we near the end of our little tale, Caesar is being granted unprecedented honours, including being declared a GOD and the SAVIOUR of Rome. We also talk a little about the SON OF GOD – Caesarion. 
Julius Caesar #42 – The Conspiracy, Part I

Julius Caesar #42 – The Conspiracy, Part I

It’s the beginning of 44 BCE. Caesar is 56. He’s planning to leave in three months to campaign against the Dacians and the Parthians. The Senate and the People bestow upon him unprecedented honours. Yet he remains polite, lenient and generous, even to his...
Julius Caesar #41 – The War Is Over

Julius Caesar #41 – The War Is Over

Four years of bloody Civil War, with 100,000 Romans dead, all comes down to this place, this day, this battle – The Battle of Munda. Julius Caesar uses his big balls to take on Pompey’s brat sons and his old mate Labienus. According to Plutarch, Caesar...
Julius Caesar #40 – The Spanish Campaign 46 BCE

Julius Caesar #40 – The Spanish Campaign 46 BCE

Caesar realises that he has to go to Spain in person to deal with Pompey’s two brat sons – Cnaeus and Sextus – and his old bottom bitch Labienus. It quickly turns into a bloody and brutal affair – people are getting slaughtered, beheaded,...
Julius Caesar Consul #17 – Jim Miller, Economist

Julius Caesar Consul #17 – Jim Miller, Economist

Our guest this time is James Miller, game theorist and associate professor of economics at Smith College. He invited himself onto the show to talk about game theory and decision theory as they relate to Caesar’s life and Roman history, Republican...
Julius Caesar #39 – Caesar’s Reforms

Julius Caesar #39 – Caesar’s Reforms

As dictator, Julius Caesar initiates a sweeping range of political and social reforms that even his enemies have to concede make a lot of sense, including a colonisation program, reforming the grain dole, building a great library, and reforming the calendar.