Romans podcast episodes
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Re-examining women in the Roman empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Kate Cooper reveals how St Augustine’s Confessions offers a unique window into the lives of women in the late Roman empire
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How to live like a Roman emperor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Popular historian Mary Beard tackles some of the biggest questions about life as a Roman emperor, from what they actually did all day to whether they were really as bloodthirsty as legend suggests
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Women who shaped the Roman empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Emma Southon discusses the women of ancient Rome whose stories illuminate experiences of war, empire and political machinations
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Roman gods & goddesses: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
From Mars to Minerva, Philip Freeman answers listener questions on the Roman pantheon of gods and goddesses
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Tom Holland on Rome’s golden age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Popular historian Tom Holland explains how the Romans maintained the peace across their vast empire in the second century AD
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Heliogabalus: Rome’s scandalous emperor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Harry Sidebottom shares the sensational story of the notorious Roman emperor whose short time in power was packed with sex, violence and decadence
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Rome vs Persia: an unwinnable fight. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Adrian Goldsworthy discusses the evolving relationship between two superpowers of the ancient world, and explains why neither was ever able to vanquish the other
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Crassus: Rome’s richest man. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Peter Stothard charts the eventful life of Marcus Licinius Crassus, an enormously wealthy politician and general, who rivalled Caesar and Pompey in late Republican Rome
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Blood, sweat & marble: examining ancient bodies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Caroline Vout takes us under the dust covers and presents the flesh and blood realities of life in ancient bodies
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Rome v Carthage: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Philip Freeman answers listener questions on the dramatic battles between Rome and Carthage – two of the ancient world’s great powers
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Messalina: sex, slander & scandal in imperial Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Honor Cargill-Martin outlines the sexual scandals and ruthless success of the notorious Julio-Claudian empress Messalina in the first century AD
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What can we learn from the fall of Rome?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
John Rapley and Peter Heather explore the parallels – and differences – between the fall of Rome and the decline of the modern west
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Hadrian’s Wall: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
As we approach the 1900th anniversary of the building of Hadrian’s Wall, Rob Collins answers listener questions on the Roman fortification
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Naked statues, naughty gods & bad wine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Garrett Ryan explores some of the most commonly asked questions about the ancient Greco-Roman world
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Hannibal: Rome’s greatest nightmare. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Philip Freeman discusses the life of the brilliant Carthaginian general who almost brought Rome to its knees
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Inside a Roman home. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Hannah Platts offers a multisensory tour of the Roman home – from the smells of the kitchen to the surprises of the dinner table
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Boudica’s rebellion: a blood-soaked blow to the Roman empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Duncan Mackay delves into Rome’s brutal conquest of Britain and the ferocious rebellion against it, led by an infamous warrior queen
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Digging up Roman London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Dominic Perring uncovers London’s Roman history and reveals how the city was connected to the wider empire
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Roman women: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Professor Kate Cooper answers listener questions on women in the Roman world, from experiences of marriage and childbirth to female-led armies
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Alice Roberts on unearthing the Romans, Vikings & Anglo-Saxons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Alice Roberts reveals how new scientific techniques can shed light on life in Britain between the first and tenth centuries AD
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History’s greatest mysteriesWhat happened to the Roman Ninth Legion?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
The Ninth Legion of the Roman army was last recorded in York in around AD 107. After that it simply vanished from history. To this day no-one knows what caused the destruction of this elite army unit, although many theories have been put forward.
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Ravenna: from Roman powerhouse to artistic hub. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Professor Judith Herrin discusses the storied history of Ravenna, once capital of the western Roman empire
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The Roman emperors: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Shushma Malik discusses some of the most admired and reviled Roman emperors, and considers whether the legends surrounding them stand up to scrutiny
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Politics, Roman style. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Asa Bennett explores the lessons that 21st-century politicians could learn from their Roman forebears