Today's episode centers on the remarkable life of Galla Placidia. For further reading on this intriguing late Roman character, we encourage you to read Zosimus and Olympiodorus of Thebes. You will not be disappointed.

In this episode we discuss in the intertwined narrative of Theodosius the Great, Stilicho and Alaric the Goth. We'll take you through a series of choices that ended with the Gothic sack of Rome in 410 AD.

To read more about these fascinating figures, please check out the following:

Zosimus

The Poet Claudian

Procopius

Ambrose of Milan

The Codes Theodosianus

In today's episode we talk about the life of Julian the Apostate: Rome's last pagan emperor. We want to thank Dan Rodgers who provided an engaging cold open for us. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

For more information on Julian's life, we encourage you to read Books 20-25 of Res Gestae by Ammianus Marcellinus. For more of Julian's own thoughts, please check out Julian's Letters, Orations and his famous satire, aimed at the city of Antioch: Misopogon. Finally, you can take a look at Libanius' letters to Julian.

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In today's episode we're giving you a 30 minute TLDR on the life of Constantine the Great from the death of his father, Constantius Chlorus through the aftermath of his own death many years later in Constantinople. For a more detailed telling of Constantine's life, we encourage you to pick up a decent translation of Eusebius of Caesarea (Vita Constantantini) or Lactantius (De Mortibus Persecutorum). Both sources are positiviely biased, but they make up a great deal of what we know about Constantine today.

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In today's episode we're talking about Zenobia's rise to power and narrow defeat at the hands of Aurelian. A genuinely dangerous woman.

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In today's episode we give a brief overview of the Crisis of the Third Century. We will now begin transitioning to late imperial figures and think that those stories wouldn't make a lot of sense without some background on this critically important transformational period for the Empire.

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This episode is dedicated to the chickens who were senselessly thrown overboard by the despicable Publius Claudius Pulcher. May the rest in peace.

• Maddie

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In today's episode we talk about the unique, timeless friendship of Horace & Maecenas.

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Hi, everyone. Happy New Year! Just a quick update to note that our next full episode will be released on 1/24/26. Please give this quick episode a listen. It's got some important updates and fun teasers for the coming months.

Roly & Maddie

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In today's episode we discuss the life of Rome's 10th emperor, Titus Flavius Vespasianus. Surprisingly, he had a very short reign, but his reign did not end via dirty deeds. Come listen as we talk about how as a boy he witnessed the murder of his friend by the evil emperor, Nero. We'll also talk about his brutal suppression of the Jewish Revolt in the Roman province of Judea. We'll give some brief background on how his father became emperor, then we'll delve into his short, but magnificent reign. Thanks as always for listening!

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