The Leaders of Rome

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.

Triton Tools and Tidbits - Lobbying 101 - How to Network for a Cause

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04-24
24:21

From the Cutting Room Floor - Brutus - Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Shakespeare was popularizing history way earlier than podcasters could have ever hoped to.

01-20
12:03

From the Cutting Room Floor - Brutus - What's in a Name?

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

01-13
11:45

28 - Brutus

Who was the man who killed Caesar?

01-06
30:59

From the Cutting Room Floor - Julius Caesar - Clemency

Was Caesar too kind to his fallen foes?

12-23
11:45

From the Cutting Room Floor - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Women and the New Woman

Everything you ever wanted to know about Caesar's sex life and more!

12-16
18:15

From the Cutting Room Floor - Julius Caesar - Cool before Cool was Cool

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.

12-09
07:39

27 - Julius Caesar

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

12-02
01:26:19

26 - Cato the Younger

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.

09-17
01:01:49

25 - Pompey the Great

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

09-02
46:57

24 - Crassus

Who was the richest man of Rome? What did he want? How did he live? Come meet Crassus.

08-05
43:47

The Enemies of Rome - 6 - Spartacus

How much do you really know about the ancient worlds most famous slave? Who was he? What did he want? 

07-22
25:45

23 - Sulla

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.

07-08
33:57

22 - Marius

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.

06-24
33:11

The Enemies of Rome - 5 - Mithradates VI of Pontus

The Poison King takes the stage to scheme his way to more power against Rome.

06-17
36:43

The Enemies of Rome - 4 - Jugurtha

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.

06-10
20:02

21 - Gaius Gracchus

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...

05-27
13:36

20 - Tiberius Gracchus

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.

05-20
11:35

19 - Cato the Elder

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!

05-13
16:17

18 - Scipio Africanus

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.

05-06
26:09

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