The Secret Lives of Julio-Claudian Wives (Part 1)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! The First Ladies of Rome—the women of Augustus’ family—played a role in building his empire. Octavia, Livia, Julia, Agrippina—these were...
25 Juni 1h 16min
AHFG Book Club: Aphrodite & Ares: An Immortal Affair (With Jennifer Saint)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Aphrodite, goddess of love and sex, took many lovers in the mythology. But perhaps the most important was Ares. They adored each oth...
11 Juni 1h 9min
Clodia: Champion of Democracy (With Douglas Boin)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Due to changing marital laws (among other things), the late Roman Republic saw a rise in a certain kind of wealthy elite woman with m...
4 Juni 51min
The Lex Juliae: How Augustus Brought Women to Heel
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! You may have noticed that MAGA (Republicans in general, really) are weird about women. That weirdness is ancient. It goes all the wa...
21 Maj 1h 39min
How to Destroy a Democracy (Welcome to the Augustan Age)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! When Augustus rolled into town after defeating Marc Antony and Cleopatra, he was greeted as a hero—because the Senate ordered its peopl...
7 Maj 1h 16min
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
