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The Pax Romana Podcast

by Professor Colin Elliott

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The Life and Death of Hypatia of Alexandria, Part 4 - The Pax Romana Podcast 109

October 16, 2026 · 22 min

By AD 415, Hypatia was one of Alexandria’s most respected intellectuals. She taught Christians and pagans, advised powerful officials, and moved comfortably among the city’s elite. Then a Christian mob dragged her from her carriage and…
The Life and Death of Hypatia of Alexandria, Part 3 - The Pax Romana Podcast 108

September 11, 2026 · 20 min

As the Roman Empire rapidly Christianized, violence increased in Alexandria. In the center of this brewing storm stood Hypatia: a philosopher, mathematician and political power-broker. How did she thrive and command respect under an…
The Life and Death of Hypatia of Alexandria, Part 2 - The Pax Romana Podcast 107

August 26, 2026 · 22 min

How did the daughter of a mathematician acquire enough authority to teach Plato, edit difficult astronomical texts, advise powerful men and attract students from across the Mediterranean? What did elite education actually look like in the…
The Life and Death of Hypatia of Alexandria, Part 1 - The Pax Romana Podcast 106

July 23, 2026 · 19 min

This episode begins a short series on Hypatia of Alexandria--famous philosopher, and some say martyr for science, who died in Alexandria in the early 5th century AD. This series will explore Alexandria’s transformation, Hypatia’s education…
Honorius: The Emperor who Shrunk the Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 105

July 3, 2026 · 24 min

Rome was sacked in AD 410, but the western empire did not end. What did the Roman Empire Honorius do after this disaster? This episode argues that Honorius failed to preserve the Empire because he confused the survival of his court with…

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The Fall of Roman Britain - The Pax Romana Podcast 104

June 17, 2026 · 24 min

In AD 410, the emperor Honorius told the British communities to look to their own defense—a moment often treated as the official end of Roman rule in Britain. But by then, how much Roman power was really left? This episode traces the…
The Sack of Rome - The Pax Romana Podcast 103

May 20, 2026 · 26 min

In August AD 410, something happened that many Romans believed was impossible: Rome fell. After eight centuries without a foreign conquest, the “Eternal City” was breached by the Gothic king Alaric and his army. But was this really the…
Stilicho and the Failing Western Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 102

May 6, 2026 · 24 min

What does it take to hold an empire together when the emperor is a child? Who really rules— the man with the title, or the man with the army? And how long can that arrangement last before it begins to crack? In the early fifth century AD…
The Roman Empire's Messy Divorce - The Pax Romana Podcast 101

April 15, 2026 · 21 min

In 395, the Roman Empire did not collapse, but it lost the ability to act as a single, coordinated system. Two emperors inherited the empire—Arcadius in the East and Honorius in the West—but neither truly governed. Power lay with the men…
Theodosius and the Last Years of Roman Unification - The Pax Romana Podcast 100

April 1, 2026 · 24 min

On January 19, AD 379, at Sirmium, a Latin-speaking westerner from Spain named Flavius Theodosius was invested with the imperial purple. He was a man for the times but, in many ways, a man out of place; he was expected to rule a…
The Massacre at Thessalonica - The Pax Romana Podcast 99

March 13, 2026 · 19 min

After the disaster of Adrianople, the Roman Empire struggled to rebuild its army and restore order. But in AD 390, a riot in the city of Thessalonica spiraled into one of the most infamous episodes of late Roman history. How did the arrest…
The Battle of Adrianople: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 98

February 24, 2026 · 20 min

The Battle of Adrianople in August of AD 378 was one of Rome’s worst military disasters. A refugee crisis at the edge of the empire turned into a bloody afternoon battle that shattered the Roman and changed imperial policy forever. What…

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The assassination of Julius Caesar 2,000 years ago unleashed a wild era of Roman emperors, dark conspiracies, intense battles, economic booms and busts and profound religious shifts. Was this truly the Roman Empire's golden age? On the weekly Pax Romana Podcast, Historian Colin Elliott brings gripping stories from Roman history to life. Dive into history starting in episode 1 , or pick your poison from our catalogue: the birth of the empire in the Age of Augustus, Nero's Great Fire, the rise of Christianity, the wisdom and wars of Marcus Aurelius or the military chaos of the third century AD.