Augustus Caesar
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?…
Augustus Caesar #90 – The Trouser Defense
Augustus stayed in Rome more now, no longer going out on long tours of the provinces, probably because he’s in his sixties, probably because he doesn’t have someone…
Augustus Caesar #89 – Days of our Lives
* It’s the year 1 BCE * Caius Caesar, biological son of Agrippa and Julia, adopted son of Augustus, is 19 years old. * And what do you…
SPECIAL – Dr Richard Carrier
A special philosophy episode. Nothing at all to do with Augustus or Rome. No Ray. Just me and a special guest – Dr. Richard Carrier, who has a…
Augustus Caesar #88 – Ab Urbe Condita Libri
* Claudius was encouraged to take up writing history by the man who himself wrote one of the greatest histories during Aug’s reign – Titus Livius, aka Livy.…
Augustus Caesar #87 – Killing Lions
* Caius and Lucius presided over games including one where 260 lions were killed in the Circus Maximus which was built by the first Etruscan king of Rome…
Augustus Caesar #86 – The Genius Of Augustus
* Caius and Lucius seem unaffected by Julia’s exile. * She probably hadn’t had much to do with their upbringing for quite a while. * She was too…
Augustus Caesar #85 – Ovid & Julia
* In 2 BCE, Aug turned 60 and was made consul for the 13th time. * Lucius Caesar turned 15 and became a man. * He was made…
Augustus Caesar #84 – Herod’s Pig
* Augustus is left all alone to run the empire. * In 5 BCE he becomes consul for the 12th time – 18 years since the last time…
Augustus Caesar #83 – Tiberius Quits (fixed)
Sorry folks. I messed up the first file. Here’s the correct episode. Tiberius suddenly declared he wanted to withdraw from public life. Something happened. Behind the closed doors…
Augustus Caesar #82 – The Rise Of Gaius and Lucius
Tiberius is riding high, the last man standing – until he starts to be overshadowed by Gaius and Lucius Caesar, Augustus' adopted sons. It is declared that both…