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#79 – Drusus Breaks A Leg

10 BCE – Drusus barely escapes from Germany. Augustus celebrates his 52nd birthday. Octavia dies....

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#78 – Drusus Goes Deep

In 12 BCE, Drusus completed a census in the three Gauls. The other thing Drusus was responsible...

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#77 – Trump v Caesar

A very special episode. Over the last 12 months, there’s been a ton of articles in the media...

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#76 – Immortal Glory

The loss of Agrippa was a huge blow, but Tiberius and Drusus stepped up. However, now Augustus’...

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#75 – The Wind Beneath My Wings

Augustus buries Agrippa. After the funeral, attention turned to the matter of Agrippa’s will and...

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#74 – Agrippa Dies

Agrippa returned to Rome in 13, stayed a few months, long enough to knock Julia up again, then...

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#73 – Pope Augustus

When Lepidus finally died in 13 BCE, Augustus finally accepted the title of Pontifex Maximus, the...

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#72 ?“ #dbac

Augustus brought better roads, wine and a taste for the nicer things in life to the Gauls. He...

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#71 – Drusus Goes Up The Aenus

Augustus goes back to Gaul and brings his stepsons, Drusus and Tiberius, to help conquer the...

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#111 – Ian Worthington - Life Of Alexander The Great

Professor Ian Worthington joins us again to talk about new book about Ptolemy!   HOW TO...

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#70 – Fight For Your Right To Party

In 17 BCE Augustus decided to throw a huge party, The Secular Games, which was held only once...

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#69 – The Lamprey

There’s a story about how Augustus dined one night with an old friend, Vedius Pollio, an...

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#68 – Mr Nice Guy

Augustus was a pretty approachable guy (like us!). We tell some stories about how he made himself...

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#67 – Julia The Elder

Julia the Elder, the only legitimate biological child of Augustus (which makes her the daughter...

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#66 – Consilium Principis

In this episode, we’re dealing with events around 18 BCE: The most important innovation Aug...

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#65 – Arsen Nisanyan

A quick break from the Augustus story and the usual frivolity to have one of our long-time...

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#64 – The Cunning Plan

Augustus returns to Rome and he comes up with a cunning plan. He also fires the entire Senate....

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#63 – The Princeps Live

When we started this show, we never thought we’d see the day when the Princeps himself would...

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#62 – Virgil & The Aeneid Part 3

Aeneas reflects Augustus in many ways – they both place duty and piety before their own comfort...

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