Otho #10 – The Comforts of Home
The Praetorians push for a fast campaign because they didn't want to spend any more time away from the comforts of Rome than necessary. Unfortunately, in letting them drive the strategy, Otho sealed h...
9 Juli 202430min
Galba #1 – Republic Schmublic
In our last episode, we finished on June 9, 68. Nero was 30 years and six months old. He had ruled for 13 years and 8 months. On June 10, 68, while he was still in Spain, The Senate declared the gover...
9 Dec 202359min
Nero #32 – Michael Tremblay On Stoicism (part 1)
With the recent demise on our show of Nero's favourite Stoic, Seneca, we wanted to go balls deep on Stoicism. To help us out, our guest Michael Tremblay, who has a PhD in philosophy, where he studied ...
15 Apr 202236min
Caligula #25 – The Partial Historians
In this special post-series wrap up episode of Caligula, I'm joined by my fellow Aussie history podcasters, Dr G and Dr R from The Partial Historians. The post Caligula #25 – The Partial Historians a...
15 Juni 20201h 9min
Caligula #24 – Hoc Age
On the last morning of his life, Caligula entered the temporary theatre on the Palatine in a good mood. The conspirators attacked him in a narrow corridor, on his way back to the palace during the lun...
29 Maj 20201h 3min
Caligula #22 – The Foot Stomp
The final conspiracy against Caligula involved Cassius Chaerea, an officer of the Praetorian Guard; Callistus, Caligula's wealthy freedman adviser; and the senator Lucius Annius Vinicianus. Over the n...
16 Maj 20200s
Caligula #15 – The Conspiracy
Caligula suspects a grand conspiracy against his person and the sword falls on a variety of people - including the commander in Gaul, his two surviving sisters and his best friend / lover, Lepidus. T...
26 Feb 20201h 15min
Caligula #5 – Caligula’s Popularity
By all accounts, Caligula was extremely popular with the people, as his father, Germanicus, had been. Suetonius reports that Caligula was “the emperor most earnestly desired”. When he entered Rome, th...
22 Nov 20191h 7min
