Episode 53. The Road to Philippi: Antony, Octavian, and the End of the Liberators
Sources and HistoriographyThe source situation for this period is both rich and layered, and the layers matter.Appian wrote his Civil Wars, which is the primary systematic narrative for this episode, ...
14 Jun 57min
Episode 52. The Dictatorship and the Ides: Caesar Against the Republic, Part Four
Works CitedPrimary SourcesAppian. Civil Wars, Book 2. The systematic political account; useful for the sequence of events in the dictatorship period and the aftermath.Cassius Dio. Roman History, Books...
12 Jun 40min
Episode 51. Marcus Junius Brutus: The Last Republican
Works CitedPrimary SourcesAppian. Civil Wars, Book 2. The systematic political narrative; useful for the civil war period and the conspiracy.Cicero. Letters to Atticus and Letters to Brutus. The most ...
12 Jun 41min
Episode 50. From Zela to Munda: Caesar Against the Republic, Part Three
Works CitedPrimary SourcesAnonymous. Bellum Africum (African War). Account of the African campaign from the landing to Thapsus; the primary source for the terrain, the months of manoeuvre, and the bat...
5 Jun 26min
Episode 49. Pharsalus and Its Aftermath: Caesar Against the Republic, Part Two
Works CitedPrimary SourcesAppian. Civil Wars, Book II. Continuous narrative of the civil war; a useful supplement to Caesar's own account.Anonymous. Bellum Alexandrinum (Alexandrian War). Continuation...
5 Jun 41min
Episode 48. The Rubicon and the Lightning Campaign: Caesar Against the Republic, Part One
Works CitedPrimary SourcesAppian. Civil Wars, Book 2. The most systematic political account of the breakdown; especially useful for the negotiations of 50 BCE.Caesar. Commentarii de Bello Civili. Caes...
29 Mai 47min
Episode 47. The Gallic Wars, Part Two: Vercingetorix and the Great Revolt
Sources and HistoriographyCaesar's Commentarii are the primary source for the entire Gallic War, and the contrast between how he treats Avaricum—flatly, without evident discomfort—and how he treats Ge...
22 Mai 29min
Episode 46. The Gallic Wars, Part One: Conquest Begins
Sources and HistoriographyThe primary source for the Gallic Wars is the Commentarii de Bello Gallico itself: seven books by Caesar covering 58 to 52 BCE, with an eighth book written by his officer Aul...
22 Mai 42min
