Autocrat- A Roman History Podcast17 Mars 2024

20- Magic Tricks Have Consequences!

The world's first game show (involving a spiral shell), a Greek mythology spa treatment and ant-related hijinks all lie in store for us in the conclusion of our minotaur trilogy...

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Bonus XXI- In Other News: The First Emperor of Japan

The reign of Tullus Hostilius includes the year 660 BCE- the same year that, half a world away in Japan, a certain individual named Iwarehiko no mikoto, descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu, invad...

24 Juni 7min

108- Triplets Fighting Triplets

War has come between Rome and Alba Longa, but in a bid to avoid both powers battering themselves into the dust before being swept aside by the Etruscans, they settle it via single combat. Well... more...

21 Juni 19min

107- The War Hero's Grandson

With Numa gone, we now see the election of Tullus Hostilius- the grandson of Sabine war hero Hostius Hostilius- to the Roman throne. He is a lot more belligerent than old Pompilius ever was, and immed...

24 Maj 7min

Edict- Two Co-Regents

The empire has a Princess Imperial as of 2026, but we do not have a formal regent established. Well, this episode sets up two of them...

20 Maj 2min

106- Numa and the Nymph

The second king of Rome may be dead, but his story isn't quite. Today, we scrape together the crumbs of evidence our primary and secondary sources give us concerning Egeria. Is she a nymph? A goddess?...

17 Maj 7min

Edict- The Imperial Year Count

In the spirit of having fun with the show, here's another Imperial Edict sorting out the year count for the empire. 2026 is now also Year IV/V...Sources for this episode:TBA

14 Maj 4min

105- Religious Reshuffle

Numa Pompilius' rule is a lot less exciting than that of Romulus in terms of warfare. Instead, we get a whole lot of religious restructuring, instilling piety into the rabble that is Roman society, an...

10 Maj 17min

104- An Interregnum and a Divine Acclamation

Between 716 and 715 BCE, Rome undergoes what becomes known as an interregnum- an inter regnum, or period between kings. Senators take five-day turns ruling the country, and then one year into it, Numa...

12 Apr 10min