rome

The story of Spartacus is the story of the Roman Republic at a crossroads. In the 70s BC, the city of Rome was a powderkeg, the peninsula was wracked with starvation and [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here, as promised, are some flute metal jams: Our modern sources for this episode include: Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra: A Life Adrian Goldsworthy’s [...Read More...]

With their parents and older brothers dead, the four remaining Germanicus children (Agrippina, Julia Drusilla, Julia Livilla, and Caligula) face an uncertain future. Caligula [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! First, here is a link to the Julian-Claudian family tree. Refresh your knowledge of that epic dynasty, or just marvel at how circular that family was. Here [...Read More...]

Close your eyes and imagine a loving family. Devoted parents and six children, three happy brothers and three happy sisters. The father, Germanicus, is a war hero—beloved [...Read More...]

This is yet another of those episodes where Genn and I are amazed that this stuff actually happened. That applies to most of our episodes, though–we’re basically [...Read More...]

On August 24, 410 AD, Alaric and the Visigoths sacked the city of Rome. Before he sacked it, he starved it. Before that, he went toe to toe with the Roman Empire for fifteen [...Read More...]