Episode 83. Year of Four Emperors, Part One: Galba and Otho
Works Cited Primary Sources Cassius Dio. Roman History, Books 63 and 64. Greek narrative covering the full Year of Four Emperors, surviving partly in epitome form. Useful as a comparison to the Tacite...
3 Sep 40min
Episode 82. A Tour of the Empire, c. 68 CE
Works CitedPrimary SourcesCassius Dio. Roman History, particularly the books covering the Julio-Claudian period, with substantial geographic-administrative material throughout.The inscriptional record...
27 Aug 55min
Episode 81. The Jewish War and the Making of Vespasian
Works Cited Primary Sources Josephus. The Jewish War, Books 2 and 3. The principal source for this episode and, for most of it, the only source. Book 2 covers the procuratorships, the Caesarea dispute...
27 Aug 29min
Episode 80. Agrippina the Younger: Mother of an Emperor
Works Cited Primary Sources Cassius Dio. Roman History, especially Books 59, 60, and 61. Greek narrative incorporating the developed hostile tradition. Particularly useful for the late-Claudian and ea...
20 Aug 50min
Episode 79. Seneca: The Philosopher in the Palace
Works Cited Primary Sources Acts of the Apostles, chapter 18. Preserves the encounter between Seneca's brother Gallio and Paul of Tarsus at Corinth.Cassius Dio. Roman History, especially Books 61 and ...
20 Aug 46min
Episode 78. Nero, Part Three: Fire, Conspiracy, Fall
Works Cited Primary Sources Cassius Dio. Roman History, Books 62 and 63. Greek-language narrative covering the full reign with substantial material on the late reign that complements Suetonius.Suetoni...
20 Aug 52min
Episode 77. The Origins of Christianity
Works Cited Primary Sources The book of Acts. Composed approximately 80 to 90 CE by the same author as the Gospel of Luke. The principal narrative source for the early Christian community in Jerusalem...
14 Aug 52min
Episode 76. Roman Judaea: From the Covenant to Direct Rule
Works Cited Primary Sources The Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh). The principal source for the pre-Hellenistic period of the Jewish religious tradition. The five books of Torah preserve the foundational mate...
14 Aug 49min
