Episode 77. The Origins of Christianity
Works Cited Primary Sources The book of Acts. Composed approximately 80 to 90 CE by the same author as the Gospel of Luke. The principal narrative source for the early Christian community in Jerusalem...
14 Aug 52min
Episode 76. Roman Judaea: From the Covenant to Direct Rule
Works Cited Primary Sources The Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh). The principal source for the pre-Hellenistic period of the Jewish religious tradition. The five books of Torah preserve the foundational mate...
14 Aug 49min
Episode 75. Nero, Part Two: From the Matricide to the Great Fire
Works Cited Primary Sources Cassius Dio. Roman History, Book 62. Greek-language narrative covering this period. Hostile, late, dependent on earlier sources we cannot fully reconstruct. Useful as a che...
14 Aug 35min
Episode 74. Boudicca and the British Revolt
Works Cited Primary Sources Archaeology. The destruction layers at the three burned cities—Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium—constitute the most substantially preserved single-event archaeologica...
4 Aug 38min
Episode 73. Nero, Part One: The Quinquennium
Works Cited Primary Sources Aurelius Victor. De Caesaribus, 5.2. The late-fourth-century source preserving the Trajanic remark about the quinquennium Neronis. The attribution is uncertain and modern s...
4 Aug 47min
Episode 72. Britain: The Province at the Edge of the World
Works Cited Primary Sources Archaeology. The body of archaeological evidence for the Roman conquest of Britain is substantial. The destruction layers at the hill forts of the West Country, including M...
4 Aug 30min
Episode 71. Claudius: The Emperor Behind the Curtain
Works Cited Primary Sources Cassius Dio. Roman History, Book 60. The continuous Greek-language narrative for the full reign. Particularly important for the Britain campaign of 43 CE, where the Tacitea...
4 Aug 57min
Episode 70. Caligula: The Principate Without Restraint
Works CitedPrimary SourcesActa Arvalia for 37 to 41 CE. Fragmentary but informative for the public cult activities and the official framing of the reign.Cassius Dio. Roman History, Book 59. The Greek-...
30 Jul 50min
