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#92 – The James Brown Shuffle

* By the time news of Caius’ death had reached Rome it was some time in late March, 4 CE. * Aug...

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#91 – All By Myself

* Keep in mind that by the standards of the day, jokes about deformities were pretty mild. *...

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#90 – The Trouser Defense

Augustus stayed in Rome more now, no longer going out on long tours of the provinces, probably...

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#89 – Days of our Lives

* It’s the year 1 BCE * Caius Caesar, biological son of Agrippa and Julia, adopted son of...

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Renaissance Episode 1 – Constantine The Great - Life Of Alexander The Great

Our new series, The Renaissance Times, launched on Dec 24, 2017. Here’s the first episode! Go...

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SPECIAL – Dr Richard Carrier

A special philosophy episode. Nothing at all to do with Augustus or Rome. No Ray. Just me and a...

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#88 – Ab Urbe Condita Libri

* Claudius was encouraged to take up writing history by the man who himself wrote one of the...

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#87 – Killing Lions

* Caius and Lucius presided over games including one where 260 lions were killed in the Circus...

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#86 – The Genius Of Augustus

* Caius and Lucius seem unaffected by Julia’s exile. * She probably hadn’t had much to do with...

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#86 – The Genius Of Augustus

* Caius and Lucius seem unaffected by Julia’s exile. * She probably hadn’t had much to do with...

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Live From Durham

A quick hello from our hotel room in Durham, North Carolina.

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#85 – Ovid & Julia

* In 2 BCE, Aug turned 60 and was made consul for the 13th time. * Lucius Caesar turned 15 and...

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#84 – Herod’s Pig (audio fixed)

* Augustus is left all alone to run the empire. * In 5 BCE he becomes consul for the 12th time –...

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#84 – Herod’s Pig

* Augustus is left all alone to run the empire. * In 5 BCE he becomes consul for the 12th time –...

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#83 – Tiberius Quits

Tiberius suddenly declared he wanted to withdraw from public life. Something happened. Behind the...

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#82 – The Rise Of Gaius and Lucius

Tiberius is riding high, the last man standing – until he starts to be overshadowed by Gaius and...

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#81 – Tiberius’ Triumph

Livia is the Melania Trump of Rome. Julia falls pregnant to Tiberius but the baby is stillborn,...

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#80 – Slave Children Pets

We’re back after a short break. To be fair, this episode started off pretty simple. But quickly...

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Subscribing To Renaissance - Life Of Alexander The Great

The Dark Ages are ending! As you may have realized, we published our very last Alexander...

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#122 – The Last Show - Life Of Alexander The Great

Well, here we are. Three years, 122 episodes, some of which were a LOT longer than an hour, so...

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