The Builder Emperor: How Augustus Made a City of Marble
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! One of the most famous quotes from Augustus’ reign was “I found Rome a city of...
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An ancient history podcast run by two Millennial women. Misbehaving emperors, poison assassins, mythological mayhem; it’s like if Hardcore History met up with My Favorite Murder in the ancie...
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20 of 359 episodesWhy are Techbro Oligarchs so Obsessed with Augustus?
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Have you noticed that our tech overlords cannot be normal about the Roman Emp...
A Democracy Built on Slavery (With Emma Southon)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Slavery touched every part of life in ancient Rome. Depending on the time perio...
The Secret Lives of Julio-Claudian Wives (Part 3)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In our last episode, Livia and Octavia were at each other’s throats over whic...
The Secret Lives of Julio-Claudian Wives (Part 2)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In our last episode, Octavian had just defeated Cleopatra and Mark Antony. H...
RE-RELEASE: Fulvia: Original Gangster of Ancient Rome
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! The romance between Mark Antony and Cleopatra has beguiled us for centuries....
The Secret Lives of Julio-Claudian Wives (Part 1)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! The First Ladies of Rome—the women of Augustus’ family—played a role in buildi...
AHFG Book Club: Aphrodite & Ares: An Immortal Affair (With Jennifer Saint)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Aphrodite, goddess of love and sex, took many lovers in the mythology. Bu...
Clodia: Champion of Democracy (With Douglas Boin)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Due to changing marital laws (among other things), the late Roman Republic...
The Lex Juliae: How Augustus Brought Women to Heel
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! You may have noticed that MAGA (Republicans in general, really) are weird ab...
AHFG Book Club: If Villain Bad, Why Villain Hot? (With Elizabeth May)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! We are thrilled to welcome #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth May to...
How to Destroy a Democracy (Welcome to the Augustan Age)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! When Augustus rolled into town after defeating Marc Antony and Cleopatra, he...
Was Rome Always Like This? (With Mike Duncan)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! When we look at the demise of Roman democracy, we think of the time of Augu...
AHFG Book Club: Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh (With Saara El-Arifi)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Join us as we return to Cleopatra’s Alexandria—the glamor, the political intri...
Rome Has No Kings
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! When Octavian (Augustus) returned home victorious from his final battle against...
RE-RELEASE: Actium, Baby! (With Barry Strauss)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In this episode, we return to the beach at Actium with author, historian, and...
ALL IN ONE PLACE: Marc Antony x Cleopatra: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Parts 4 & 5)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! This file contains the last two episodes in our series on Marc Antony and Cle...
RE-RELEASE: Fulvia: Original Gangster of Ancient Rome
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! The romance between Mark Antony and Cleopatra has beguiled us for centuries. W...
ALL IN ONE PLACE: Julius Caesar Parts 1 & 2
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! We're on hiatus until April 9. Until then, enjoy this long, binge-able episode...
RE-RELEASE: Spartacus vs. Toussaint L'Ouverture (With Mike Duncan)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! More than 1,800 years after Spartacus fought for his freedom, another rebel lea...