Emperors of Rome

By Nightlight Productions

“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.” - Tacitus. A Roman history podcast with Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith.... more

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Number 1: The War of the Words (Live at the Melbourne Museum)
In this special live episode recorded at the Melbourne Museum we set aside the military narrative to look at something just as fierce: the propaganda war waged between Octavian and Antony in the years before Actium. The insults traded in letters and pamphlets. The coins minted as political weapon. The will stolen from the Vestal Virgins. And the brilliant, ruthless campaign that cast a Roman civil war as a foreign invasion — with Cleopatra as the villain. Support Emperors of Rome on Patreon: patreon.com/romepodcast Episode CCLX (260) Guest: Dr Rhiannon Evans
September 16, 202654min
Number 2: The Young Warlord
The decade after Caesar's murder is make or break for Octavian. He is very young and inexperienced, he is often between Mark Antony and the senate, and he needs to avenge Caesar and become his acknowledged heir. Despite these challenges he is slowly setting the stage for breaking the Roman republic. Support Emperors of Rome on Patreon: patreon.com/romepodcast Episode CCLVIII (259) Guest: Dr Rhiannon Evans
August 19, 202650min
Number 3: Glory and Gold
Crassus had power, he had money, but he still felt something was missing. With an army and a province in the east, he sets off to win the glory he had always been denied Perhaps it lay in Parthia. Episode CCXLII (242) Part IV of Crassus Guest: Assoc. Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classic and Ancient History, La Trobe University)
May 29, 202534min
Number 4: The House That Crassus and Pompey Built
After the death of Crassus his powerful name, his fortune, and his family’s honour survived. In this episode we’ll trace the life of the Crassi yet to come, and how the family comes together with an old rival. Episode CCXLIII (243) Part V of Crassus Guest: Assoc. Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classic and Ancient History, La Trobe University)
June 26, 202530min
Number 5: Anthology of Interest IV
Rhiannon Evans, Caillan Davenport, Matt Smith and special guest William Dalrymple share items of Roman interest! You will hear: - A phoenix in the forum - The unknown Queens of Rome - The Roman perception of elephants - Trade between India and Rome - The low bar of Roman insults - The false female centurion - What Emperors called themselves - An accurate population of Pompeii - The false Theodosius - Sallust and ethnic etymology in North Africa Episode CCL(250) Guests: Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University) Professor Caillan Davenport (Centre for Classical Studies, Australian National University)) William Dalrymple (Esteemed author and host of Empire podcast)
December 09, 202553min