Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears for the real story of Caesar’s Funeral.The post Episode 2.4: Caesar’s Funeral first appeared on Barry Strauss.

The Ides of March

Feb 26th, 2019 35m 44s

What really happened in the Roman Senate meeting where Julius Caesar was assassinated? Join me and Dr. Francesco Galassi MD, the distinguished paleopathologist, for a fascinating look at the famous events of March 15, 44 BC.The post Episode 2:

The Assassins

Feb 18th, 2019 36m 5s

Who were the men who plotted to kill Caesar and what were their motivations? Join me and classicist Michael Fontaine to find out.The post Episode 2.2: The Assassins first appeared on Barry Strauss.

Episode 2.1: Caesar and Cleopatra

Feb 11th, 2019 42m 53s

Caesar’s relationship with Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra marked a turning point on the road to the Ides of March. Join me and historian Durba Ghosh for a lively conversation.

Episode 8: Caesar

Jan 7th, 2019 34m 48s

Would you die for dignity? Julius Caesar unleashed a civil war for it, and tens of thousands of Romans followed him into blood and destruction.

Episode 7: Spartacus

Dec 17th, 2018 31m 56s

Would you die for freedom? Learn how Spartacus and 70+ gladiators set Italy ablaze in their quest for liberty…and for revenge.

Episode 6: Hannibal

Dec 10th, 2018 36m 30s

Would you die for a leader who seemed to be Mars himself: the god of war come down to earth? That was the question for the followers of Hannibal.

Episode 5: Alexander

Dec 5th, 2018 39m 6s

Would you die for a dream? If the dreamer were Alexander the Great, you might.

Episode 4: Pericles

Nov 26th, 2018 40m 15s

Would you die for democracy? That’s what Pericles of Athens asked his countrymen to do in 430 BC in the most famous Funeral Speech until Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. He and Aspasia were the first power couple in the history of democracy.

Episode 3: Leonidas

Nov 13th, 2018 45m 59s

What would you do if you had to die to save your country? Leonidas and 300 Spartans answered that question at the Battle of the Hot Gates – Thermopylae, 480 BC.

Episode 2: Helen of Troy

Nov 13th, 2018 30m 2s

Would you die for the most beautiful woman in the world? She was Helen of Troy and this is her story – and that of the Greeks and Trojans who fought over her.

Episode 1: Achilles

Nov 10th, 2018 31m 47s

What would you be willing to die for? For glory? The West’s first great hero, Achilles, was — this is his story.

Love and Sex and the Roman Emperors

Apr 11th, 2022 37m 47s

The emperors Vespasian, Titus, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus all had career-defining love affairs outside the elite of Roman Italy. Here are their stories.

Mothers, Sons, & Roman Emperors

Mar 14th, 2022 43m 47s

The fascinating stories of three Roman emperors and their mothers: Tiberius & Livia, Nero & Agrippina, and Constantine & Saint Helena.

War and Peace and the Roman Emperors

Feb 23rd, 2022 45m 14s

How peaceful was the Roman Peace – the famous PAX ROMANA? Join me in a look at three great emperors and find out.

Teutoburg Forest

Dec 12th, 2019 34m 7s

“Give me back my legions!” cried the Roman Emperor, but it was too late. Rome’s crushing defeat at the Teutoburg Forest kept most of Germany permanently free from Roman rule. Here is how it happened.

Greece: History, Myth, and Music in the Land of the Gods

Dec 10th, 2019 17m 7s

Let’s discover Greece firsthand together this summer on an education vacation that will take us from Athens to Actium via magical Epirus.

Actium

Dec 8th, 2019 37m 31s

Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian fought for control of the Roman Empire at Actium. We tell the story.

Episode 3.10: Actium

Dec 8th, 2019 37m 31s

Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian fought for control of the Roman Empire at Actium. We tell the story.

Pharsalus

Nov 28th, 2019 39m 37s

Was it war, crime or a self-inflicted wound? It was, in any case, the greatest battle between Caesar and Pompey, and it took place here, at Pharsalus, Greece, in 48 BC.