Professor Colin Elliott, 119 episodes

The Pax Romana Podcast

119 episodes indexed · 39 hours

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

Themes · Power struggle Government Religion Battle Life on the frontier Intrigue Money and trade The army

A Roman historian narrating the imperial centuries straight, in short episodes, without guests. The political intrigue is handled with the pacing of drama and none of the facts are bent to fit. 39 hours, and it starts where most people finish a first pass at the Republic.

Where to start. Episode 1. Caesar is Dead - The Pax Romana Podcast 1 · 20 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

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when it happens

LengthAny

how much time you have

All 119 episodes, in order. Every title links straight to the episode.

Caesar is Dead - The Pax Romana Podcast 120m
Rome's Great Reset - The Pax Romana Podcast 218m
Death at a Funeral - The Pax Romana Podcast 319m
The Terror of the Triumvirate - The Pax Romana Podcast 416m
Cleopatra: Mistress of the East - The Pax Romana Podcast 528m
A Republic in Name Only - The Pax Romana Podcast 628m
The Roman Messiah - The Pax Romana Podcast 726m
The End of the Age of Augustus - The Pax Romana Podcast 825m
Tiberius Takes Over - The Pax Romana Podcast 924m
An Age of Conspiracies - The Pax Romana Podcast 1020m
Caligula: The False Augustus - The Pax Romana Podcast 1121m
Malice in Wonderland - The Pax Romana Podcast 1222m
How to Buy an Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 1315m
British Invasion - The Pax Romana Podcast 1421m
The Curious Reign of Claudius - The Pax Romana Podcast 1522m
Death Becomes Her - The Pax Romana Podcast 1616m
Mother Knows Best - The Pax Romana Podcast 1719m
Nero: The Making of a Bad Emperor - The Pax Romana Podcast 1818m
Nero's Downward Spiral - The Pax Romana Podcast 01918m
The Final Years of Nero - The Pax Romana Podcast 2023m
Dangerous Christians - The Pax Romana Podcast 2121m
The Year of the Four Emperors: Galba - The Pax Romana Podcast 02217m
The Year of the Four Emperors: Otho and Vitellius - The Pax Romana Podcast 02320m
The Holy Land in the First Century AD - The Pax Romana Podcast 02419m
A New Dynasty Dawns - The Pax Romana Podcast 02517m
Vesuvius, Pompeii and the short-lived Titus - The Pax Romana Podcast 02614m
Rome's Worst Emperor? - The Pax Romana Podcast 02716m
A New Start - The Pax Romana Podcast 02816m
Enter Trajan - The Pax Romana Podcast 02913m
Trajan Victorious - The Pax Romana Podcast 03013m
Touring Trajan's Forum - The Pax Romana Podcast 03117m
How to Run the Roman Empire, or: The Letters of Pliny and Trajan - The Pax Romana Podcast 03220m
Christians on Trial - The Pax Romana Podcast 03317m
The Roman Urban Economy - The Pax Romana Podcast 03419m
Parthia: Rome's Eastern Nemesis - The Pax Romana Podcast 03518m
Plots at the Dawn of Hadrian’s Reign - The Pax Romana Podcast 03614m
Hadrian's Roman Commonwealth - The Pax Romana Podcast 03717m
Rome and the End of Israel's Independence - The Pax Romana Podcast 03817m
Another Brick in Hadrian's Wall - The Pax Romana Podcast 03917m
The Strange Demise of Hadrian - The Pax Romana Podcast 04014m
Aqueducts, Baths and Sewers: Sanitation in the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 04114m
The Roman Social Hierarchy - The Pax Romana Podcast 04216m
Ancient Roman Slavery - The Pax Romana Podcast 04316m
The Roman Military, Part I - The Pax Romana Podcast 04418m
The Roman Military, Part II - The Pax Romana Podcast 04520m
The Roman Military, Part III - The Pax Romana Podcast 04623m
The Reign of Antoninus Pius - The Pax Romana Podcast 04719m
The Early Life of Marcus Aurelius - The Pax Romana Podcast 04815m
Parthia Strikes Back! - The Pax Romana Podcast 04915m
The World's First Pandemic: The Antonine Plague - The Pax Romana Podcast 05016m
Climate Change and Famine in the Pax Romana - The Pax Romana Podcast 05118m
The Marcomannic War - The Pax Romana Podcast 05217m
The Darkest Years of Marcus Aurelius - The Pax Romana Podcast 05321m
The Golden Age Ends - The Pax Romana Podcast 05425m
Commodus: Born to the Purple - The Pax Romana Podcast 05515m
Conspiracies in the Age of Commodus - The Pax Romana Podcast 05623m
The Curse of Commodus - The Pax Romana Podcast 05718m
Empire for Sale - The Pax Romana Podcast 05815m
The Year of the Five Emperors - The Pax Romana Podcast 05916m
The Emperor Septimius Severus - The Pax Romana Podcast 06013m
Life in the early Christian Church (Christianity in the Roman Empire 1/5) - The Pax Romana Podcast 06120m
Ancient Cultural Christianity (Christianity in the Roman Empire 2/5) - The Pax Romana Podcast 06215m
Roman Religion and Concerns with Christianity (Christianity in the Roman Empire 3/5) - The Pax Romana Podcast 06319m
Defending Early Christianity (Christianity in the Roman Empire 4/5) - The Pax Romana Podcast 06421m
Perpetua the Martyr (Christianity in the Roman Empire 5/5)- The Pax Romana Podcast 06420m
The Death of Septimius Severus - The Pax Romana Podcast 06517m
Caracalla Transforms the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 06619m
Rome's Not-So-Great Alexander - The Pax Romana Podcast 06714m
Gladiator II Review - The Pax Romana Podcast51m
Macrinus: Emperor for a Moment - The Pax Romana Podcast 06813m
Rome's Emperor of the Sun - The Pax Romana Podcast 06917m
The End of the Severan Dynasty - The Pax Romana Podcast 07018m
Could One Senator Have Saved the Roman Empire? - The Pax Romana Podcast 07131m
The Crisis of the Third Century AD - The Pax Romana Podcast 7219m
The Collapse of the Roman Monetary System - The Pax Romana Podcast 7320m
The Collapse of the Roman Peace - The Pax Romana Podcast 7417m
The Plague of Cyprian - The Pax Romana Podcast 7516m
The Breakup of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 7616m
Aurelian and the Restoration of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 7721m
When Did Rome First Build a Navy? - The Pax Romana Podcast21m
Why Did Rome Conquer Gaul? - The Pax Romana Podcast17m
Was the Assassination of Julius Caesar Justified? - The Pax Romana Podcast19m
Did Ancient Romans Trust Their Own Money? - The Pax Romana Podcast15m
Did Roman Emperors Employ Spies? - The Pax Romana Podcast15m
Was Jesus a Historical Figure? - The Pax Romana Podcast17m
Was Rome's Grain Dole a Benefit or a Burden? - The Pax Romana Podcast23m
Who is My Favorite Roman Emperor? - The Pax Romana Podcast18m
Was Seneca a True Stoic or Fraud? - The Pax Romana Podcast19m
What are the Best Roman History Books? - The Pax Romana Podcast QA1030m
Diocletian's Rise - The Pax Romana Podcast 7820m
The Tetrarchy - The Pax Romana Podcast 7921m
The Militarization of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 8021m
Diocletian's Edict on Maximum Prices - The Pax Romana Podcast 8121m
Why the Military Replaced Rome's Elites - The Pax Romana Podcast 8216m
The Fall of the Tetrarchy and the Rise of Constantine - The Pax Romana Podcast 8319m
Constantine's Conversion to Christianity - The Pax Romana Podcast 8423m
The Council of Nicaea - The Pax Romana Podcast 8527m
The Founding of Constantinople by Constantine the Great - The Pax Romana Podcast 8623m
Constantine's Economy - The Pax Romana Podcast 8721m
Constantine's Death - The Pax Romana Podcast21m
Betrayals and Massacres under the Sons of Constantine - The Pax Romana Podcast 8925m
Constantius II and the Unity of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 9021m
Ammianus Marcellinus, Forged Letters and a Conspiracy under Constantius II - The Pax Romana Podcast 9117m
Julian the Apostate's Path to Power - The Pax Romana Podcast 9226m
Julian and the Pagan Counter-Revolution - The Pax Romana Podcast 9319m
Julian The Apostate's Persian Disaster - The Pax Romana Podcast 9421m
Did Smallpox Plague Ancient Rome? - The Pax Romana Podcast 9521m
Did the Emperor Aurelian Break or Fix the Monetary System of the Roman Empire? - The Pax Romana Podcast 9640m
Jovian: The Forgotten Emperor - The Pax Romana Podcast 9722m
The Battle of Adrianople: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 9819m
The Massacre at Thessalonica - The Pax Romana Podcast 9919m
Theodosius and the Last Years of Roman Unification - The Pax Romana Podcast 10023m
The Roman Empire's Messy Divorce - The Pax Romana Podcast 10120m
Stilicho and the Failing Western Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 10224m
The Sack of Rome - The Pax Romana Podcast 10326m
The Fall of Roman Britain - The Pax Romana Podcast 10423m
Honorius: The Emperor who Shrunk the Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 10523m
The Life and Death of Hypatia of Alexandria, Part 1 - The Pax Romana Podcast 10619m
The Life and Death of Hypatia of Alexandria, Part 2 - The Pax Romana Podcast 10722m

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