The Tale of Rome

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.<br /> <br /> This podcast is published on a weekly basis, and episodes are around fifteen minutes in length.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> Buckle up, it is a bumpy ride!

Episode 46 – The Third Samnite War

— 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.

03-05
27:29

Episode 45 – Fabius Rullianus and Papirius Cursor

— "Fortified camps are to be defended by arms, rather than arms being defended by fortified camps," Rullianus said.

02-15
38:31

Episode 44 – Plutarch and Dionysius of Halicarnassus

— In order to really appreciate the beauty of a beach, one should not be swimming in the sea, neck-deep in the water.

01-17
35:26

Episode 43 – The Appian Way – Part Two

— The wheelbarrow as we know it, made its appearance in Europe around the tenth century, at the height of the Dark Ages.

01-15
38:55

Episode 42 – The Appian Way

— 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.

09-25
30:51

Episode 41 – The End of the Great War

— 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.

09-05
38:24

Episode 40 – Livy and Virgil

— Instead, people die the day nobody ever talks about them, or even thinks about them.

06-06
23:40

Episode 39 – State of the Union – 320 BC

— From this point of view, I can hardly wait until we get to the Emperors!

05-08
30:29

Episode 38 – The First Gladiators

— The Romans are a people who do NOT know how to remain quiet after a defeat.

04-30
31:11

Episode 37 – The Caudine Forks

— Aeliana's body was placed on the left side of her husband Lucius' body.

04-26
28:42

Episode 36 – Death by the Volcano

— 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.

04-18
30:55

Episode 35 – Alexander of Epirus

— Alcetas, Arymbas, Aeacides, and Pyrrhus. Great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and son.

04-04
32:12

Episode 34 – From Crete to Campania

— Our great-grandfather killed for his country. He was defending Rome.

03-29
22:16

Episode 33 – Latins and Romans

— The Gauls never stopped being a nightmare, deep in the subconscious of the Roman psyche.

03-25
21:03

Episode 32 – Marcus Valerius Corvus

— Apparently, the gods of the Romans didn't feel like going to bed, on that day.

03-06
22:15

Episode 31 – The Grass Crown

— Dessert – Sliced Campanian honeydew melon, served with sweet cabbages from the Suessula region, and accompanied by assorted goat cheese from the Apennines.

02-26
26:43

Episode 30 – The Samnite Mountains

— 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.

02-22
22:29

Episode 29 – The First Plebeian Consul

— When Lucius Sextus Lateranus walked up those stairs, he was conscious that all Rome was staring at him.

02-19
20:37

Episode 28 – The Tarpeian Rock

— No one wanted a king — not even Plebes, full of debts.

02-17
16:37

Episode 27 – Iron and Gold

— When they finished with that, the Gauls walked out the same door they had come in, some seven months earlier.

02-14
19:39

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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. (^^,)

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