A Democracy Built on Slavery (With Emma Southon)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Slavery touched every part of life in ancient Rome. Depending on the time period and location, as many as one in ten or one in three peop...
6 Aug 1h 18min
The Secret Lives of Julio-Claudian Wives (Part 3)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In our last episode, Livia and Octavia were at each other’s throats over which one of their sons would be chosen as Augustus’ heir. The ...
23 Juli 1h 11min
The Secret Lives of Julio-Claudian Wives (Part 2)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In our last episode, Octavian had just defeated Cleopatra and Mark Antony. His sister Octavia had refused to renounce her wayward husba...
9 Juli 1h 25min
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 me...
2 Juli 1h 38min
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
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
