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The Tale of Rome is a narration of ancient Rome and its history from the founding of Rome in the year 753 BC, until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD.
This podcast is published on a weekly basis, and episodes are around fifteen minutes in length.
Episode by episode, the podcast will travel in time, starting from a man called Aeneas who left Troy and settled in Italy. It will continue its trip to the birth of Romulus and Remus, and how they founded Rome. Later you will hear about the things the Kings of Rome did (and didn’t do) to stay in power, and how they ultimately lost that power, giving way to the Republic of Rome.
Then, we will sail through the lands of the Mediterranean Sea as Rome grows. Battle after battle, we will learn of treachery, murders, bribes, love triangles, and more, as we approach the time when the Republic is ripe to fall. The Empire of Rome will be at our doorsteps, with all the glory and vanity of good and bad emperors.
We will travel through the Golden Age of Rome, with the well known Five Good Emperors, and then we will watch Rome slide, slowly and inexorably, to its demise. By the time we have reached the fifth century, there will be no man and no god (true or false) who will save Rome.
Buckle up, it is a bumpy ride!
This podcast is published on a weekly basis, and episodes are around fifteen minutes in length.
Episode by episode, the podcast will travel in time, starting from a man called Aeneas who left Troy and settled in Italy. It will continue its trip to the birth of Romulus and Remus, and how they founded Rome. Later you will hear about the things the Kings of Rome did (and didn’t do) to stay in power, and how they ultimately lost that power, giving way to the Republic of Rome.
Then, we will sail through the lands of the Mediterranean Sea as Rome grows. Battle after battle, we will learn of treachery, murders, bribes, love triangles, and more, as we approach the time when the Republic is ripe to fall. The Empire of Rome will be at our doorsteps, with all the glory and vanity of good and bad emperors.
We will travel through the Golden Age of Rome, with the well known Five Good Emperors, and then we will watch Rome slide, slowly and inexorably, to its demise. By the time we have reached the fifth century, there will be no man and no god (true or false) who will save Rome.
Buckle up, it is a bumpy ride!
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— That’s right, when the Etruscans heard that Corvus was leading the roman troops, they got into their fort and did not want to come out, not even to check on the weather.
— "Fortified camps are to be defended by arms, rather than arms being defended by fortified camps," Rullianus said.
1— In order to really appreciate the beauty of a beach, one should not be swimming in the sea, neck-deep in the water.
— The wheelbarrow as we know it, made its appearance in Europe around the tenth century, at the height of the Dark Ages.
— And more than once, it happened that clients would get the wrong door, and walk into the school, before they realized, there were no girls there, but young students instead.
— In the end, Gaius Pontius saw that his old father — Herennius Pontius, had been right all along. Samnia now had a deadly enemy called Rome, and all Romans could think of, was vengeance.
— Instead, people die the day nobody ever talks about them, or even thinks about them.
— From this point of view, I can hardly wait until we get to the Emperors!
— The Romans are a people who do NOT know how to remain quiet after a defeat.
— Aeliana's body was placed on the left side of her husband Lucius' body.
— For thinking that the enemy sent his Triarii too early, the Latins ended up sending their own ones too early, and that cost them the battle.
— Alcetas, Arymbas, Aeacides, and Pyrrhus. Great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and son.
— Our great-grandfather killed for his country. He was defending Rome.
— The Gauls never stopped being a nightmare, deep in the subconscious of the Roman psyche.
— Apparently, the gods of the Romans didn't feel like going to bed, on that day.
— Dessert – Sliced Campanian honeydew melon, served with sweet cabbages from the Suessula region, and accompanied by assorted goat cheese from the Apennines.
— While Rome did everything using their own fists and nails, Carthage outsourced the work to others, as to not to get their fists and nails dirty.
— When Lucius Sextus Lateranus walked up those stairs, he was conscious that all Rome was staring at him.
— No one wanted a king — not even Plebes, full of debts.
— When they finished with that, the Gauls walked out the same door they had come in, some seven months earlier.
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A very good podcast on the very founding of the ancient Rome. And you learn a few Latin word's every time. Highly Recommended. (^^,)