Ariovistus was a leader of the Suebi and other allied Germanic peoples in the second quarter of the 1st century BC. He and his followers took part in a war in Gaul, assisting the Arverni and Sequani to defeat their rivals the Aedui, after which they settled in large numbers in conquered Gallic territory in […]

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Another enlightening episode of the “myth-busting” podcast! Don’t take our word for it – this is what the official iTunes Podcast Twitter account said! Check it ooooout. And yes, that’s Sammy Hagar BELOW us, just where he belongs (below David Lee Roth). Thanks to James O. Boggs and his iTunes Podcast team for the love and […]

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In this episode, Caesar takes up his proconsular role in Gaul. We talk a little about his preparations, his legions, his COMMENTARIES, about the size and scope of his territory and the nature of the Gauls themselves  

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It’s the last months of Caesar’s consulship and the first triumvirate and he doesn’t muck about. He delivers for himself and his friends and crushes his enemies.

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The year is now 60 B.C.E. Caesar *finally* achieves his goal of becoming Consul. He forms the First Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. His co-consul, Bibulus, gets a bucket of poo tipped over him and goes home (true!). All this and more on today’s episode of the Julius Caesar. In 1898 the ancient Etruscan town […]

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  On the ninth amazing episode of the greatest podcast ever dedicated to Julius Caesar, we start off with Caesar taking up his position in Hispania, Pompey being awarded his third triumph, Caesar having to choose between getting his first triumph and throwing his hat into the ring for the first time in the consular elections. […]

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  On this episode, Caesar picks the wrong horse, fights off accusations that he’s in league with Catiline, and then finds out his wife Pompeia is up to no good with a man in drag during the feast of the Good Goddess. In the end, he gets out of Rome and takes up his position […]

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Lucius Sergius Catilina, known in English as Catiline, was a Roman Senator of the 1st century BCE who is best known for the Second Catilinarian Conspiracy, a supposed attempt to overthrow the Roman Republic, and in particular the power of the aristocratic Senate. Caesar played a significant role in this episode – and it might […]

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In this week’s episode of The Julius Caesar Podcast, you will learn about bomb threats, how saying the word for love could destroy the world and… Caesar remarries, this time to Pompeia, grandchild on her mother’s side of Sulla and on her father’s side of the latter’s consular colleague in 88 BC, Quintus Pompeius Rufus. The bride […]

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In episode #5, we are still hovering around the year 70 BCE and, as such, there isn’t much to say about Caesar himself, as not a lot is known about this period of this life. However, we do know a lot about one of his closest friends, colleague and eventual rival – Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, […]

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