Augustus Caesar
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…