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The Leaders of Rome

Author: Ian Daly

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A look at the leaders of Rome, starting with the Legendary Kings, through the Republicans, and on to the Emperors. Each episode will be about a single leader that helped forge Rome into the greatest military and political force of its age.
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Shakespeare was popularizing history way earlier than podcasters could have ever hoped to.
Why do Romans have so many weird names? Is there any rhyme or reason? List of people with the Gaius praenomen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius#People
28 - Brutus

28 - Brutus

2020-01-0630:591

Who was the man who killed Caesar?
Was Caesar too kind to his fallen foes?
Everything you ever wanted to know about Caesar's sex life and more!
This week we take a look at a piece of the story that didn't fit into the original narrative and talk about Julius Caesar's coolness.
27 - Julius Caesar

27 - Julius Caesar

2019-12-0201:26:191

We have arrived at it, likely the most important person in all of Roman History. Did I do a good job? Probably not!
26 - Cato the Younger

26 - Cato the Younger

2019-09-1701:01:491

A giant in spite of his name, a man who would be more a story than a person, Cato the Younger, great grandson of Cato the Elder, is our topic today.
25 - Pompey the Great

25 - Pompey the Great

2019-09-0246:571

The tale of the man who was almost Caesar, the man who some call "Rome's First Emperor", Pompey Magnus, or Pompey the Great.
24 - Crassus

24 - Crassus

2019-08-0543:471

Who was the richest man of Rome? What did he want? How did he live? Come meet Crassus.
How much do you really know about the ancient worlds most famous slave? Who was he? What did he want? 
23 - Sulla

23 - Sulla

2019-07-0833:57

The greatest and most terrible of Roman leaders until the next greatest and most terrible of Roman leaders. Today we discuss Rome's first Dictator For Life, Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
22 - Marius

22 - Marius

2019-06-2433:111

Meet the man who might rightly be called an enemy of Rome, one who we might say is one of the greatest and most terrible men to lead Rome in its long history so far.
The Poison King takes the stage to scheme his way to more power against Rome.
How will Rome react to a far different kind of enemy than Hannibal? A different nation might have been able to accept the compromise, but Jugurtha pushed Rome just far enough that they had to respond.
21 - Gaius Gracchus

21 - Gaius Gracchus

2019-05-2713:361

How will the Roman world react to the younger brother of the man they so recently killed? Find out, in this brand new episode of... The Leaders of Rome...
20 - Tiberius Gracchus

20 - Tiberius Gracchus

2019-05-2011:351

The first of two brothers who would work to reshape Rome in the hopes of achieving more, and wind up setting the stage for the people who really shifted the balance of the republic.
19 - Cato the Elder

19 - Cato the Elder

2019-05-1316:171

Who was the most highly regarded man of the Middle Roman Republic? And how did Carthage finally come to an end? Find out in this episode!
18 - Scipio Africanus

18 - Scipio Africanus

2019-05-0626:091

How do you deal with a phenomenal general stomping around your country and attacking your cities? Send a phenomenal general to his country! This week we introduce Scipio Africanus, the man who would be Hannibal's downfall.
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