Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Episode CXXI - Assassination
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Episode CXXI - Assassination
Assassination was a regular occurrence in the right Roman circles, and the gossip around the senate floor must have frequently turned to who's knifing who. An emperor would need to keep the senate, the army, and the people on side, or risk a well-placed dagger.
Guest:
Dr Rhiannon Evans (Senior Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)
View all episodes
By La Trobe University
4.8
15041,504 ratings
Assassination was a regular occurrence in the right Roman circles, and the gossip around the senate floor must have frequently turned to who's knifing who. An emperor would need to keep the senate, the army, and the people on side, or risk a well-placed dagger.
Guest:
Dr Rhiannon Evans (Senior Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)
More shows like Emperors of Rome
View all
History Extra podcast
3,195 Listeners
The History of Rome
11,879 Listeners
Ancient Warfare Podcast
534 Listeners
The History of England
4,367 Listeners
In Our Time: History
1,902 Listeners
The Ancient World
1,859 Listeners
The History of Byzantium
4,259 Listeners
The History of Egypt Podcast
1,850 Listeners
Asia Rising
17 Listeners
Gallipoli and the Great War
13 Listeners
Living With Autism
18 Listeners
When in Rome
286 Listeners
Biography
219 Listeners
Tides of History
6,291 Listeners
The Hellenistic Age Podcast
449 Listeners
History of Persia
409 Listeners
The Ancients
3,049 Listeners
Reconquista
341 Listeners
Gone Medieval
1,764 Listeners