
Was Rome Always Like This? (With Mike Duncan)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! When we look at the demise of Roman democracy, we think of the time of Augustus—and maybe Caesar before him. But in reality, the seed...
23 Apr 1h 26min

AHFG Book Club: Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh (With Saara El-Arifi)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Join us as we return to Cleopatra’s Alexandria—the glamor, the political intrigue, the history—and take a second in-depth look at Egypt'...
16 Apr 46min

Rome Has No Kings
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! When Octavian (Augustus) returned home victorious from his final battle against Marc Antony and Cleopatra, he was met by an ecstatic crow...
9 Apr 21min

RE-RELEASE: Actium, Baby! (With Barry Strauss)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In this episode, we return to the beach at Actium with author, historian, and academic Barry Strauss as our tour guide. His new book, The...
2 Apr 1h 5min

ALL IN ONE PLACE: Marc Antony x Cleopatra: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Parts 4 & 5)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! This file contains the last two episodes in our series on Marc Antony and Cleopatra: Lovers in a Dangerous Time, all in one place. Thi...
26 Mar 2h 12min

RE-RELEASE: Fulvia: Original Gangster of Ancient Rome
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! The romance between Mark Antony and Cleopatra has beguiled us for centuries. What most people don’t realize is that when Mark Antony met...
19 Mar 1h 38min

RE-RELEASE: Spartacus vs. Toussaint L'Ouverture (With Mike Duncan)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! More than 1,800 years after Spartacus fought for his freedom, another rebel leader spearheaded the most successful slave revolt in histor...
5 Mar 1h 13min





















