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ANTIQUITAS
Barry Strauss
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ANTIQUITAS: Leaders and Legends of the Ancient World, tells the stories of the deeds, crimes, miseries, and glories of the great men and women of Greece and Rome (and beyond). Your host is bestselling historian Barry Strauss.
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Apr 11, 2022
Episode 4.3: Love and Sex and the Roman Emperors
The emperors Vespasian, Titus, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus all had career-defining love affairs outside the elite of Roman Italy. Here are their stories.
38 min
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Mar 14, 2022
Episode 4.2: Mothers, Sons, & Roman Emperors
The fascinating stories of three Roman emperors and their mothers: Tiberius & Livia, Nero & Agrippina, and Constantine & Saint Helena.
44 min
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Feb 23, 2022
Episode 4.1: War and Peace and the Roman Emperors
How peaceful was the Roman Peace – the famous PAX ROMANA? Join me in a look at three great emperors and find out.
45 min
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Dec 12, 2019
Episode 3.12: Teutoburg Forest
“Give me back my legions!” cried the Roman Emperor, but it was too late. Rome’s crushing defeat at the Teutoburg Forest kept most of Germany permanently free from Roman rule. Here is how it happened.
34 min
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Dec 10, 2019
Episode 3.11: Greece: History, Myth, and Music in the Land of the Gods
Let’s discover Greece firsthand together this summer on an education vacation that will take us from Athens to Actium via magical Epirus.
17 min
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Dec 7, 2019
Episode 3.10: Actium
Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian fought for control of the Roman Empire at Actium. We tell the story.
38 min
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Nov 28, 2019
Episode 3.9: Pharsalus
Was it war, crime or a self-inflicted wound? It was, in any case, the greatest battle between Caesar and Pompey, and it took place here, at Pharsalus, Greece, in 48 BC.
40 min
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Nov 21, 2019
Episode 3.8: Zama
It’s hardly a household word today, but Zama decided the fate of Rome. Join us for the epic battle of two titans, Hannibal and Scipio.
38 min
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Nov 14, 2019
Episode 3.7: Cannae
Hannibal’s victory at Cannae was one of the most dramatic in history yet ultimately one of the least fruitful. Here’s how it happened.
38 min
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Nov 7, 2019
Episode 3.6: Issus
Follow one of history’s most dramatic clashes of kings, when Alexander and Darius fought, for the first time, at Issus,
34 min
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