Dr Fiona Radford and Dr Peta Greenfield, the Republic year by year
The Partial Historians
222 episodes indexed · 190 hours
Presented by Fiona Radford, Peta Greenfield
Both finished doctorates in Roman history and started this in 2013, out of a late-night conversation about where else the material could go. Radford wrote her thesis on Kubrick's Spartacus and is the one to hear on Rome at the cinema; Greenfield works on the Vestals, and on religion, politics and women in the late Republic. Their main series takes the Republic one year at a time from 753 BCE, reads Livy out loud, argues with him, and then scores him on a scale of their own invention. 221 episodes and 189 hours here, and it is the most detailed treatment of early Rome in audio.
Where to start. The Foundation of the City series from the beginning, or any year you care about. Episode 36 – Romulus and Remus · 43 min
I feel like…
ThinkingAny
Cogitare, how it was thought and ordered
FeelingAny
Sentire, what was lived and endured
DoingAny
Facere, what hands made and did
PeriodAny
when it happens
LengthAny
how much time you have
All 222 episodes, in order. Every title links straight to the episode.
- Episode 36 – Romulus and Remus43m
- Episode 37 – Numa Pompilius29m
- Episode 38 – Tullus Hostilius40m
- Episode 39 – Ancus Marcius30m
- Episode 40 – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus29m
- Episode 41 – Servius Tullius54m
- Episode 42 – Lucius Tarquinius Superbus – The Early Years51m
- Episode 43 – Lucius Tarquinius Superbus – The Lucretia Chronicle33m
- Episode 44 – Lucius Tarquinius Superbus – The Decline41m
- Episode 45 – The Last Gasp of the Regal Period33m
- Episode 46 – Rome and Porsenna34m
- Episode 47 – Porsenna, Scaevola, and Cloelia37m
- Episode 48 – Sabine Conflict!31m
- Episode 49 – Sabine Conflict in Even More Detail!29m
- Episode 50 – Publius Valerius Publicola49m
- Episode 51 – Latin Machinations22m
- Episode 52 – The Roman Dictator23m
- Episode 53 – The Battle of Lake Regillus38m
- Episode 54 – Dionysius of Halicarnassus29m
- Episode 55 – Titus Livy40m
- Episode 56 – Return to Vesuvius!49m
- Episode 57 – The Struggle of the Orders – Part the First38m
- Episode 58 – The Struggle of the Orders – Part the Second46m
- Episode 59 – Introducing the Tribune of the Plebs29m
- Episode 60 – Trumbo (2015)55m
- Episode 61 – Hail, Caesar! (2016)33m
- Episode 62- Roman Struggles, Introducing Coriolanus35m
- Episode 63 – Aediles, Fetiales, and Coriolanus23m
- Episode 64 – Coriolanus, Ultimate Patrician41m
- Episode 65 – Coriolanus: Trial Imminent!32m
- Episode 66 – Dr G does Italy25m
- Episode 67 – Coriolanus – Exiled!33m
- Episode 68 – Coriolanus, the Final Chapter1h 01m
- Episode 69 – The Reception of Coriolanus33m
- Episode 70 – The Volscians, The Aequians, and The Hernicians41m
- Episode 71 – Proculus Verginius and Spurius Cassius34m
- Episode 72 – Spurius Cassius and c. 486 BCE38m
- Episode 73 – The End of Spurius Cassius32m
- Episode 74 – Gla!25m
- Episode 75 – Trouble in Rome, Trouble with the Volscii50m
- Episode 76 – Plebeian Struggles and the Vestal Oppia39m
- Episode 77 – The Troubles of 481 BCE38m
- Episode 78 – The Battle of Veii 480 BCE58m
- Episode 79 – Fabian Domination47m
- Episode 80 – The Year 478 BCE42m
- Episode 81 – Livia Drusilla40m
- Episode 82 – Fabian Demise48m
- Episode 83 – If Only I Had Some Grain47m
- Episode 84 – The Romans Are Manly Men38m
- Episode 85 – Murder and Volero!38m
- Episode 86 – Volero and Laetorius58m
- Episode 87 – The Rise and Rise of Appius Claudius48m
- Episode 88 – Battle After Battle!46m
- Episode 89 – A Fabian Abroad47m
- Episode 90 – Spartacus, the Ballet49m
- Episode 91 – The Furious Romans40m
- *Special Episode* Totalus Rankium and The Partial Historians on Augustus1h 16m
- Episode 92 - The Pestilence of 463 BCE31m
- *Special Episode* Tiberius with the Life of Caesar Podcast58m
- *Special Episode* Quo Vadis with the History of the Papacy Podcast1h 14m
- Episode 93 - Divide and Conquer37m
- *Special Episode* – Totalus Rankium and the Partial Historians on Tiberius1h 08m
- Episode 94 – Flesh Rains Down Upon Thee47m
- Episode 95 – Introducing Caeso Quinctius40m
- Episode 96 – Letters and Rumours38m
- *Special Episode* – Barbarians with Dr Rhiannon Evans57m
- At the Movies – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood50m
- Episode 97 – Surprising Sabines41m
- *Special Episode* – The Thread of Women’s Representation44m
- Episode 98 – Cincinnatus, Suffect Consul38m
- *Special Episode* What Does Your Toga Say About You?30m
- Episode 99 – Tusculum and Antium41m
- Episode 100 – The Consulship57m
- Episode 101 – Talk to the Tree49m
- A Tribute to Kirk Douglas21m
- Episode 102 – Cincinnatus, Dictator51m
- Special Episode – An Interview with Emeritus Professor Edwin Judge1h 06m
- Episode 103 – Ten Terrific Tribunes43m
- Episode 104 – Aventine, Aventine39m
- Special Episode – Agrippina the Younger with Dr Emma Southon1h 03m
- Episode 105 – The Roman Achilles55m
- Episode 106 – Spoiler Alert1h 03m
- Special Episode – Medusa with Let’s Talk About Myths Baby57m
- Episode 107 – Let the Codification Begin!48m
- Episode 108 – Plague and Politics58m
- Special Episode – The Year of the Four Emperors with Dr Rob Cromarty55m
- Episode 109 – The First Decemvirate44m
- The Partial Recap – the 460s BCE23m
- Special Episode – The Twelve Tables36m
- Episode 110 – The Mask Comes Off42m
- Special Episode – The Reception of Cleopatra54m
- Episode 111 – Decemvirs in the Senate46m
- The Partial Recap – the 450s BCE24m
- Special Episode – Disability in Ancient Greece1h 01m
- Episode 112 – The Disastrous Decemvirs46m
- Special Episode – Murder in Ancient Rome1h 20m
- Episode 113 – Farewell to the Roman Achilles38m
- Special Episode – The Archaeology of Early Rome with Darius Arya50m
- Episode 114 – The Tale of Verginia1h 09m
- Episode 115 – The Anatomy of a Murder54m
- Episode 116 – The Second Secession1h 05m
- Special Episode – Pompeii with Professor Ray Laurence55m
- Episode 117 – The Death of the Decemvirate57m
- Special Episode – Disruption with David Potter51m
- Episode 118 – The Death of Appius Claudius53m
- Special Episode – Women and Money with Professor Karen Carr41m
- Episode 119 – The Triumphant Return of the Consulship44m
- Episode 120 – Rebels Without a Cause34m
- Episode 121 – Strength in Unity45m
- Special Episode – Classical Reception in Metal Music with Dr Jeremy J. Swist1h 09m
- Episode 122 – The Right to Rule Rome52m
- The Turning Point55m
- Mini Episode – Beware the Ides of Jon Snow…7m
- Episode 124 – The Military Tribunes with Consular Power36m
- Special Episode – Early Rome with Emeritus Professor Tim Cornell1h 08m
- Episode 125 – Big Trouble in Little Ardea45m
- Special Episode – Roman Republican Coinage with Professor Liv Yarrow56m
- Episode 126 – How to Win Land and Influence Ardea34m
- Special Episode – Ancient Athenian Women with Associate Professor Rebecca Futo Kennedy1h 09m
- The Assassination of Spurius Maelius1h 16m
- Mopping Up Maelius54m
- The Partial Recap – The 440s BCE14m
- Lars Tolumnius and the Fate of Fidenae48m
- Seneca's Medea with MythTake1h 05m
- The Cossus Controversy1h
- Special Episode – The Ara Pacis and Livia’s Villa with Dr Victoria Austen59m
- Dictators by the Dozen1h 03m
- The White Album50m
- Enslaved Women During Slave Revolts with Assistant Professor Katharine Huemoeller1h 09m
- Postumius Tubertus, Dictator58m
- A Dry Period52m
- Special Episode - Our Top Ten at Ten1h 05m
- The Partial Recap - 430s BCE22m
- Building the Bromance1h 12m
- The Robe (1953)1h 08m
- How the Plebeians Got Their Groove Back59m
- The Tenacious Tempanius1h 07m
- Quo Vadis (1951) - Part One50m
- The Four Horsemen52m
- Special Episode - Quo Vadis (1951) - Part Two47m
- The Trials of Sempronius and Postumia1h 16m
- The Partial Recap - 420s BCE14m
- Special Episode - Women of Myth with Ancient History Fan Girl54m
- The Commonwealth of Slaves1h 08m
- Classical Reception in Lil Nas X with Yentl Love54m
- Divide and Conquer58m
- Special Episode - Disney's Hercules (1997)49m
- A Wrongheaded Man1h 12m
- Special Victims Unit59m
- Special Episode – A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women with Dr Emma Southon1h 16m
- Where in the World is Carventum?1h 01m
- The Partial Recap – 410s BCE19m
- Episode 145 - Power to the Plebs1h 04m
- Roman Naming Conventions1h 09m
- Episode 146 - Nobody Calls Me Chicken57m
- Episode 147 - The Fall of Verrugo33m
- Special Episode - The Roman Military with Dr Bret Devereaux1h 33m
- It's All About the Money, Honey!1h 08m
- Special Episode - Augustus' Mausoleum with Dr Victoria Austen1h 06m
- The Brief Life and Times of Servius Romanus46m
- Exploring Place in Regal Rome with Neil, The Ancient Blogger - Part 11h 19m
- Episode 150 - Rhetorical Fireworks1h 31m
- Special Episode - Ovid's Metamorphoses with Professor Stephanie McCarter1h 05m
- Factional Foibles59m
- Special Episode – Exploring Place in Regal Rome with Neil, The Ancient Blogger – Part 21h 10m
- Episode 152 - Victory at Last!49m
- Special Episode - Ancient Rome's Worst Emperors with LJ Trafford1h 06m
- The Plebeians Push into Power55m
- A Cheeky Preview - With a Rebel Yell: Spartacus26m
- The Partial Recap - 400s BCE26m
- Special Episode - Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)1h 43m
- The Fifth Century BCE in Review1h 22m
- Another Cheeky Preview - Zenobia's Winning Strategy20m
- A Feast for the Gods42m
- The Final Cheeky Preview - Last Man Standing: Masada28m
- Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire with Ulysses Press24m
- Special Episode - Gods and Mortals with Liv Albert56m
- Kidnapped!56m
- Special Episode – Totally Chaotic History with Dr Emma Southon53m
- From Delphi, With Love59m
- Special Episode – Storylife with Professor Joel P. Christensen1h 07m
- Special Episode - Enemy of My Dreams with Jenny Williamson56m
- Special Episode - Gladiator II with Dr Lindsay Steenberg1h 16m
- The Fall of Veii: Part I58m
- The Far Edges of the Known World with Owen Rees1h
- The Fall of Veii: Part II1h 20m
- Gladiator II with Professor Martin M. Winkler1h 08m
- The Fall of Veii: Part III1h 06m
- Gladiator II with Alexandra Sills1h 19m
- ¿Por Qué No Los Dos?1h 01m
- Fulvia with Dr Jane Draycott1h 08m
- Shirts Off For Virtus1h 05m
- Camillius’ Conniptions1h 14m
- Cleopatra 1963 - Cleopatra and Caesar1h 31m
- A Campaign in No Way Memorable56m
- Cleopatra (1963) - Cleopatra and Antony1h 23m
- Surf the Celtic Wave1h 22m
- Central Italy and the Emergence of Rome with Dr Fulminante41m
- The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 157m
- The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 21h 02m
- Camillus with Marc Hyden43m
- The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 356m
- The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 41h 04m
- The Emperor Titus with Marc Hyden51m
- The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 51h 11m
- Swords and Cinema with Dr Jeremiah McCall1h 10m
- The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 61h 26m
- Archaic Roman Religion1h 27m
- A New Republic?1h 06m
- The Partial Recap - 390s BCE33m
- Septimius Severus with Dr Simon Elliott52m
- Nobody Beats Camillus51m
- The Emperor Julian with Jeremy Swist1h 04m
- We Built This City on Big Hewn Stones54m
- The Lost Voices of Pompeii with Dr Jess Venner54m
- Of Mars and Marshes53m
- Fulvia with Kaarina Parker56m
- Fatal Second Helen with Josh Cannon59m
- Throwing the Standard1h 12m
- Servus: How Slavery Built the Roman Empire with Dr Emma Southon1h 09m
- Etruscan Evil Plans1h 04m
- A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator52m