Pope Anterus is one of the most unfortunate of the early popes, due to one of the shortest papacies in history. But in this episode, we seek to uncover if he did anything to make this short papacy substantial.
#podcastitas ~ Who Was the Real Cleopatra? — The Forum
The myths that have grown up around Cleopatra since her eventful reign in the first century BCE are so vivid and alluring that they seem to have taken on a life of their own. The Egyptian queen has been portrayed in art and literature as a wily temptress whose devastating beauty seduced two of Rome’s…
#podcastitas ~ 015: To the Strongest – The 1st and 2nd Wars of the Diadochi — The Hellenistic Age Podcast
Hold onto your piloi as we cover the first and second wars of the Diadochi, with war elephants, vengeful mothers and betrayal marking the years 320 – 316 B.C. Title theme by Lina Palera (@user-994392473) Distributed by suRRism-phonoethics (surrism-phonoethics.bandcamp.com/) Website: hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/ iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-h…d1377920930?mt=2 SoundCloud: @user-103425037 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=225541&refid=stpr Twitter: twitter.com/HellenisticPod
#podcastitas ~ Tiberius #8 – The Libo Shuffle — Life Of The Caesars
Meanwhile, while Germs was off in Germany fighting Germans… Tibbo had major problems to deal with. SILK CLOTHING. CASSIUS DIO: Tiberius forbade any man to wear […]
#podcastitas ~ Is Shakespeare History? The Romans — In Our Time
In the second of two programmes marking In Our Time’s 20th anniversary on 15th October, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare’s versions of history, continuing with the Roman plays. Rome was the setting for Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, Coriolanus and parts of Antony and Cleopatra and these plays gave Shakespeare the chance to explore ideas…
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