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Today: #184 in History on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 27 | #184 | #178 |
| Oct 20 | #182 | #175 |
Latest episodes
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The War of the Words (Live at the Melbourne Museum)
September 16, 2026 · 54 minIn this special live episode recorded at the Melbourne Museum we set aside the military narrative to look at something just as fierce: the propaganda war waged between Octavian and Antony in the years before Actium. The insults traded in…
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The Young Warlord
August 19, 2026 · 49 minThe decade after Caesar's murder is make or break for Octavian. He is very young and inexperienced, he is often between Mark Antony and the senate, and he needs to avenge Caesar and become his acknowledged heir. Despite these challenges he…
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The Rise of Octavian
July 7, 2026 · 33 minHow did Octavius become Octavian? We trace what we know of Octavius’ early life in Rome during a tumultuous era of violence and civil conflict, through to Julius Caesar's unexpected adoption of a perennially sickly teenager. Come and see…
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Octavian Before Octavian
June 9, 2026 · 43 minBefore Augustus reached his great heights as Emperor, before he was even Octavian, he was Giaus Octavius, born to a relatively humble family and giving no indication of the greatness he would achieve. While his father had a reasonably…
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Germania
May 27, 2026 · 35 minTacitus's Germania is one of the most fascinating, strange, and surprisingly modern texts to survive from the ancient world. Part ethnographic survey, part moral provocation, part geopolitical warning, it describes the tribes living along…
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Augusti Retirement
April 24, 2026 · 31 minIn 305 CE, a carefully staged transition took place: the emperors Diocletian and Maximian retired, handing power to a new generation of rulers. Exactly how it happened is still debated, but the act itself was unprecedented in the long…
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The Tetrarchic Persecution of Christians
March 31, 2026 · 43 minIn the early fourth century the emperors of the Tetrarchy initiated what later Christians would call the “Great Persecution.” Under Diocletian and his colleagues, churches were demolished, sacred texts seized, and believers forced to…
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How the Tetrarchy Won the East
March 21, 2026 · 35 minWith the tetrarch system still taking shape, Diocletian and his Caesar Galerius come under growing pressure in the East, facing rebellion from Egypt and invasion from the Persian King Naresh. A series of hard campaigns, careful political…
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Reclaiming Britannia
February 28, 2026 · 28 minConstantius was elevated to Caesar with one primary mission - retake Britannia for the Roman empire. In the later half of the fourth century the province and parts of western Gaul had retained a stubborn sort of independence, flying in the…
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Tetrarchy
February 6, 2026 · 40 minDiocletian and Maximian have established themselves as co-Emperors, working together to amicably administrate a sprawling Roman Empire. But with Persians to the east, Britons to the west, and discontent all around… maybe it’s time for more…
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Support Emperors of Rome on Patreon!
December 9, 2025 · 9 minEmperors of Rome is now on Patreon! To find out about perks and give your support head to patreon.com/romepodcast
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Anthology of Interest IV
December 9, 2025 · 52 minRhiannon Evans, Caillan Davenport, Matt Smith and special guest William Dalrymple share items of Roman interest! You will hear: - A phoenix in the forum - The unknown Queens of Rome - The Roman perception of elephants - Trade between…
About the show
“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.” - Tacitus. A Roman history podcast with Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith.