Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day… But It Was Defiled in One Episode

 Episode 1 — Nero vs. Elagabalus: Torch & Petals in the Annals

What happens when Rome hands the empire to two horny chaos machines? In this debut episode of One Up the Annals — the comedy history podcast where shame becomes legend — host Rab Greeson dives headfirst into the scandal-soaked reigns of Nero (The Torch) and Elagabalus (The Petals).

You’ll hear about wedding vows consummated at the dinner table, a chest of golden sex toys, rotating dining rooms, ceilings that rained rose petals until guests suffocated, and a fourteen-year-old emperor who turned the palace into the world’s most dangerous sleepover.

This isn’t your teacher’s history class. It’s emperors, lust, obsession, filth, and forgotten gossip — dragged out of the archives and roasted over the flames of comedy.

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