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

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Periods · The kings, The Republic, The late Republic, The Pax Romana, The third-century crisis, Christian Rome, The fall of the west

Themes · Government Battle Power struggle Art, music and letters Law and punishment Women Myth and legend Religion

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.

  1. Episode 36 – Romulus and Remus43m
  2. Episode 37 – Numa Pompilius29m
  3. Episode 38 – Tullus Hostilius40m
  4. Episode 39 – Ancus Marcius30m
  5. Episode 40 – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus29m
  6. Episode 41 – Servius Tullius54m
  7. Episode 42 – Lucius Tarquinius Superbus – The Early Years51m
  8. Episode 43 – Lucius Tarquinius Superbus – The Lucretia Chronicle33m
  9. Episode 44 – Lucius Tarquinius Superbus – The Decline41m
  10. Episode 45 – The Last Gasp of the Regal Period33m
  11. Episode 46 – Rome and Porsenna34m
  12. Episode 47 – Porsenna, Scaevola, and Cloelia37m
  13. Episode 48 – Sabine Conflict!31m
  14. Episode 49 – Sabine Conflict in Even More Detail!29m
  15. Episode 50 – Publius Valerius Publicola49m
  16. Episode 51 – Latin Machinations22m
  17. Episode 52 – The Roman Dictator23m
  18. Episode 53 – The Battle of Lake Regillus38m
  19. Episode 54 – Dionysius of Halicarnassus29m
  20. Episode 55 – Titus Livy40m
  21. Episode 56 – Return to Vesuvius!49m
  22. Episode 57 – The Struggle of the Orders – Part the First38m
  23. Episode 58 – The Struggle of the Orders – Part the Second46m
  24. Episode 59 – Introducing the Tribune of the Plebs29m
  25. Episode 60 – Trumbo (2015)55m
  26. Episode 61 – Hail, Caesar! (2016)33m
  27. Episode 62- Roman Struggles, Introducing Coriolanus35m
  28. Episode 63 – Aediles, Fetiales, and Coriolanus23m
  29. Episode 64 – Coriolanus, Ultimate Patrician41m
  30. Episode 65 – Coriolanus: Trial Imminent!32m
  31. Episode 66 – Dr G does Italy25m
  32. Episode 67 – Coriolanus – Exiled!33m
  33. Episode 68 – Coriolanus, the Final Chapter1h 01m
  34. Episode 69 – The Reception of Coriolanus33m
  35. Episode 70 – The Volscians, The Aequians, and The Hernicians41m
  36. Episode 71 – Proculus Verginius and Spurius Cassius34m
  37. Episode 72 – Spurius Cassius and c. 486 BCE38m
  38. Episode 73 – The End of Spurius Cassius32m
  39. Episode 74 – Gla!25m
  40. Episode 75 – Trouble in Rome, Trouble with the Volscii50m
  41. Episode 76 – Plebeian Struggles and the Vestal Oppia39m
  42. Episode 77 – The Troubles of 481 BCE38m
  43. Episode 78 – The Battle of Veii 480 BCE58m
  44. Episode 79 – Fabian Domination47m
  45. Episode 80 – The Year 478 BCE42m
  46. Episode 81 – Livia Drusilla40m
  47. Episode 82 – Fabian Demise48m
  48. Episode 83 – If Only I Had Some Grain47m
  49. Episode 84 – The Romans Are Manly Men38m
  50. Episode 85 – Murder and Volero!38m
  51. Episode 86 – Volero and Laetorius58m
  52. Episode 87 – The Rise and Rise of Appius Claudius48m
  53. Episode 88 – Battle After Battle!46m
  54. Episode 89 – A Fabian Abroad47m
  55. Episode 90 – Spartacus, the Ballet49m
  56. Episode 91 – The Furious Romans40m
  57. *Special Episode* Totalus Rankium and The Partial Historians on Augustus1h 16m
  58. Episode 92 - The Pestilence of 463 BCE31m
  59. *Special Episode* Tiberius with the Life of Caesar Podcast58m
  60. *Special Episode* Quo Vadis with the History of the Papacy Podcast1h 14m
  61. Episode 93 - Divide and Conquer37m
  62. *Special Episode* – Totalus Rankium and the Partial Historians on Tiberius1h 08m
  63. Episode 94 – Flesh Rains Down Upon Thee47m
  64. Episode 95 – Introducing Caeso Quinctius40m
  65. Episode 96 – Letters and Rumours38m
  66. *Special Episode* – Barbarians with Dr Rhiannon Evans57m
  67. At the Movies – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood50m
  68. Episode 97 – Surprising Sabines41m
  69. *Special Episode* – The Thread of Women’s Representation44m
  70. Episode 98 – Cincinnatus, Suffect Consul38m
  71. *Special Episode* What Does Your Toga Say About You?30m
  72. Episode 99 – Tusculum and Antium41m
  73. Episode 100 – The Consulship57m
  74. Episode 101 – Talk to the Tree49m
  75. A Tribute to Kirk Douglas21m
  76. Episode 102 – Cincinnatus, Dictator51m
  77. Special Episode – An Interview with Emeritus Professor Edwin Judge1h 06m
  78. Episode 103 – Ten Terrific Tribunes43m
  79. Episode 104 – Aventine, Aventine39m
  80. Special Episode – Agrippina the Younger with Dr Emma Southon1h 03m
  81. Episode 105 – The Roman Achilles55m
  82. Episode 106 – Spoiler Alert1h 03m
  83. Special Episode – Medusa with Let’s Talk About Myths Baby57m
  84. Episode 107 – Let the Codification Begin!48m
  85. Episode 108 – Plague and Politics58m
  86. Special Episode – The Year of the Four Emperors with Dr Rob Cromarty55m
  87. Episode 109 – The First Decemvirate44m
  88. The Partial Recap – the 460s BCE23m
  89. Special Episode – The Twelve Tables36m
  90. Episode 110 – The Mask Comes Off42m
  91. Special Episode – The Reception of Cleopatra54m
  92. Episode 111 – Decemvirs in the Senate46m
  93. The Partial Recap – the 450s BCE24m
  94. Special Episode – Disability in Ancient Greece1h 01m
  95. Episode 112 – The Disastrous Decemvirs46m
  96. Special Episode – Murder in Ancient Rome1h 20m
  97. Episode 113 – Farewell to the Roman Achilles38m
  98. Special Episode – The Archaeology of Early Rome with Darius Arya50m
  99. Episode 114 – The Tale of Verginia1h 09m
  100. Episode 115 – The Anatomy of a Murder54m
  101. Episode 116 – The Second Secession1h 05m
  102. Special Episode – Pompeii with Professor Ray Laurence55m
  103. Episode 117 – The Death of the Decemvirate57m
  104. Special Episode – Disruption with David Potter51m
  105. Episode 118 – The Death of Appius Claudius53m
  106. Special Episode – Women and Money with Professor Karen Carr41m
  107. Episode 119 – The Triumphant Return of the Consulship44m
  108. Episode 120 – Rebels Without a Cause34m
  109. Episode 121 – Strength in Unity45m
  110. Special Episode – Classical Reception in Metal Music with Dr Jeremy J. Swist1h 09m
  111. Episode 122 – The Right to Rule Rome52m
  112. The Turning Point55m
  113. Mini Episode – Beware the Ides of Jon Snow…7m
  114. Episode 124 – The Military Tribunes with Consular Power36m
  115. Special Episode – Early Rome with Emeritus Professor Tim Cornell1h 08m
  116. Episode 125 – Big Trouble in Little Ardea45m
  117. Special Episode – Roman Republican Coinage with Professor Liv Yarrow56m
  118. Episode 126 – How to Win Land and Influence Ardea34m
  119. Special Episode – Ancient Athenian Women with Associate Professor Rebecca Futo Kennedy1h 09m
  120. The Assassination of Spurius Maelius1h 16m
  121. Mopping Up Maelius54m
  122. The Partial Recap – The 440s BCE14m
  123. Lars Tolumnius and the Fate of Fidenae48m
  124. Seneca's Medea with MythTake1h 05m
  125. The Cossus Controversy1h
  126. Special Episode – The Ara Pacis and Livia’s Villa with Dr Victoria Austen59m
  127. Dictators by the Dozen1h 03m
  128. The White Album50m
  129. Enslaved Women During Slave Revolts with Assistant Professor Katharine Huemoeller1h 09m
  130. Postumius Tubertus, Dictator58m
  131. A Dry Period52m
  132. Special Episode - Our Top Ten at Ten1h 05m
  133. The Partial Recap - 430s BCE22m
  134. Building the Bromance1h 12m
  135. The Robe (1953)1h 08m
  136. How the Plebeians Got Their Groove Back59m
  137. The Tenacious Tempanius1h 07m
  138. Quo Vadis (1951) - Part One50m
  139. The Four Horsemen52m
  140. Special Episode - Quo Vadis (1951) - Part Two47m
  141. The Trials of Sempronius and Postumia1h 16m
  142. The Partial Recap - 420s BCE14m
  143. Special Episode - Women of Myth with Ancient History Fan Girl54m
  144. The Commonwealth of Slaves1h 08m
  145. Classical Reception in Lil Nas X with Yentl Love54m
  146. Divide and Conquer58m
  147. Special Episode - Disney's Hercules (1997)49m
  148. A Wrongheaded Man1h 12m
  149. Special Victims Unit59m
  150. Special Episode – A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women with Dr Emma Southon1h 16m
  151. Where in the World is Carventum?1h 01m
  152. The Partial Recap – 410s BCE19m
  153. Episode 145 - Power to the Plebs1h 04m
  154. Roman Naming Conventions1h 09m
  155. Episode 146 - Nobody Calls Me Chicken57m
  156. Episode 147 - The Fall of Verrugo33m
  157. Special Episode - The Roman Military with Dr Bret Devereaux1h 33m
  158. It's All About the Money, Honey!1h 08m
  159. Special Episode - Augustus' Mausoleum with Dr Victoria Austen1h 06m
  160. The Brief Life and Times of Servius Romanus46m
  161. Exploring Place in Regal Rome with Neil, The Ancient Blogger - Part 11h 19m
  162. Episode 150 - Rhetorical Fireworks1h 31m
  163. Special Episode - Ovid's Metamorphoses with Professor Stephanie McCarter1h 05m
  164. Factional Foibles59m
  165. Special Episode – Exploring Place in Regal Rome with Neil, The Ancient Blogger – Part 21h 10m
  166. Episode 152 - Victory at Last!49m
  167. Special Episode - Ancient Rome's Worst Emperors with LJ Trafford1h 06m
  168. The Plebeians Push into Power55m
  169. A Cheeky Preview - With a Rebel Yell: Spartacus26m
  170. The Partial Recap - 400s BCE26m
  171. Special Episode - Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)1h 43m
  172. The Fifth Century BCE in Review1h 22m
  173. Another Cheeky Preview - Zenobia's Winning Strategy20m
  174. A Feast for the Gods42m
  175. The Final Cheeky Preview - Last Man Standing: Masada28m
  176. Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire with Ulysses Press24m
  177. Special Episode - Gods and Mortals with Liv Albert56m
  178. Kidnapped!56m
  179. Special Episode – Totally Chaotic History with Dr Emma Southon53m
  180. From Delphi, With Love59m
  181. Special Episode – Storylife with Professor Joel P. Christensen1h 07m
  182. Special Episode - Enemy of My Dreams with Jenny Williamson56m
  183. Special Episode - Gladiator II with Dr Lindsay Steenberg1h 16m
  184. The Fall of Veii: Part I58m
  185. The Far Edges of the Known World with Owen Rees1h
  186. The Fall of Veii: Part II1h 20m
  187. Gladiator II with Professor Martin M. Winkler1h 08m
  188. The Fall of Veii: Part III1h 06m
  189. Gladiator II with Alexandra Sills1h 19m
  190. ¿Por Qué No Los Dos?1h 01m
  191. Fulvia with Dr Jane Draycott1h 08m
  192. Shirts Off For Virtus1h 05m
  193. Camillius’ Conniptions1h 14m
  194. Cleopatra 1963 - Cleopatra and Caesar1h 31m
  195. A Campaign in No Way Memorable56m
  196. Cleopatra (1963) - Cleopatra and Antony1h 23m
  197. Surf the Celtic Wave1h 22m
  198. Central Italy and the Emergence of Rome with Dr Fulminante41m
  199. The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 157m
  200. The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 21h 02m
  201. Camillus with Marc Hyden43m
  202. The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 356m
  203. The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 41h 04m
  204. The Emperor Titus with Marc Hyden51m
  205. The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 51h 11m
  206. Swords and Cinema with Dr Jeremiah McCall1h 10m
  207. The Gallic Sack of Rome - Part 61h 26m
  208. Archaic Roman Religion1h 27m
  209. A New Republic?1h 06m
  210. The Partial Recap - 390s BCE33m
  211. Septimius Severus with Dr Simon Elliott52m
  212. Nobody Beats Camillus51m
  213. The Emperor Julian with Jeremy Swist1h 04m
  214. We Built This City on Big Hewn Stones54m
  215. The Lost Voices of Pompeii with Dr Jess Venner54m
  216. Of Mars and Marshes53m
  217. Fulvia with Kaarina Parker56m
  218. Fatal Second Helen with Josh Cannon59m
  219. Throwing the Standard1h 12m
  220. Servus: How Slavery Built the Roman Empire with Dr Emma Southon1h 09m
  221. Etruscan Evil Plans1h 04m
  222. A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator52m