Professor Colin Elliott, 119 episodes

The Pax Romana Podcast

119 episodes indexed · 39 hours

Presented by Colin Elliott

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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 · 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

PeriodAny

when it happens

LengthAny

how much time you have

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

  1. Caesar is Dead - The Pax Romana Podcast 120m
  2. Rome's Great Reset - The Pax Romana Podcast 218m
  3. Death at a Funeral - The Pax Romana Podcast 319m
  4. The Terror of the Triumvirate - The Pax Romana Podcast 416m
  5. Cleopatra: Mistress of the East - The Pax Romana Podcast 528m
  6. A Republic in Name Only - The Pax Romana Podcast 628m
  7. The Roman Messiah - The Pax Romana Podcast 726m
  8. The End of the Age of Augustus - The Pax Romana Podcast 825m
  9. Tiberius Takes Over - The Pax Romana Podcast 924m
  10. An Age of Conspiracies - The Pax Romana Podcast 1020m
  11. Caligula: The False Augustus - The Pax Romana Podcast 1121m
  12. Malice in Wonderland - The Pax Romana Podcast 1222m
  13. How to Buy an Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 1315m
  14. British Invasion - The Pax Romana Podcast 1421m
  15. The Curious Reign of Claudius - The Pax Romana Podcast 1522m
  16. Death Becomes Her - The Pax Romana Podcast 1616m
  17. Mother Knows Best - The Pax Romana Podcast 1719m
  18. Nero: The Making of a Bad Emperor - The Pax Romana Podcast 1818m
  19. Nero's Downward Spiral - The Pax Romana Podcast 01918m
  20. The Final Years of Nero - The Pax Romana Podcast 2023m
  21. Dangerous Christians - The Pax Romana Podcast 2121m
  22. The Year of the Four Emperors: Galba - The Pax Romana Podcast 02217m
  23. The Year of the Four Emperors: Otho and Vitellius - The Pax Romana Podcast 02320m
  24. The Holy Land in the First Century AD - The Pax Romana Podcast 02419m
  25. A New Dynasty Dawns - The Pax Romana Podcast 02517m
  26. Vesuvius, Pompeii and the short-lived Titus - The Pax Romana Podcast 02614m
  27. Rome's Worst Emperor? - The Pax Romana Podcast 02716m
  28. A New Start - The Pax Romana Podcast 02816m
  29. Enter Trajan - The Pax Romana Podcast 02913m
  30. Trajan Victorious - The Pax Romana Podcast 03013m
  31. Touring Trajan's Forum - The Pax Romana Podcast 03117m
  32. How to Run the Roman Empire, or: The Letters of Pliny and Trajan - The Pax Romana Podcast 03220m
  33. Christians on Trial - The Pax Romana Podcast 03317m
  34. The Roman Urban Economy - The Pax Romana Podcast 03419m
  35. Parthia: Rome's Eastern Nemesis - The Pax Romana Podcast 03518m
  36. Plots at the Dawn of Hadrian’s Reign - The Pax Romana Podcast 03614m
  37. Hadrian's Roman Commonwealth - The Pax Romana Podcast 03717m
  38. Rome and the End of Israel's Independence - The Pax Romana Podcast 03817m
  39. Another Brick in Hadrian's Wall - The Pax Romana Podcast 03917m
  40. The Strange Demise of Hadrian - The Pax Romana Podcast 04014m
  41. Aqueducts, Baths and Sewers: Sanitation in the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 04114m
  42. The Roman Social Hierarchy - The Pax Romana Podcast 04216m
  43. Ancient Roman Slavery - The Pax Romana Podcast 04316m
  44. The Roman Military, Part I - The Pax Romana Podcast 04418m
  45. The Roman Military, Part II - The Pax Romana Podcast 04520m
  46. The Roman Military, Part III - The Pax Romana Podcast 04623m
  47. The Reign of Antoninus Pius - The Pax Romana Podcast 04719m
  48. The Early Life of Marcus Aurelius - The Pax Romana Podcast 04815m
  49. Parthia Strikes Back! - The Pax Romana Podcast 04915m
  50. The World's First Pandemic: The Antonine Plague - The Pax Romana Podcast 05016m
  51. Climate Change and Famine in the Pax Romana - The Pax Romana Podcast 05118m
  52. The Marcomannic War - The Pax Romana Podcast 05217m
  53. The Darkest Years of Marcus Aurelius - The Pax Romana Podcast 05321m
  54. The Golden Age Ends - The Pax Romana Podcast 05425m
  55. Commodus: Born to the Purple - The Pax Romana Podcast 05515m
  56. Conspiracies in the Age of Commodus - The Pax Romana Podcast 05623m
  57. The Curse of Commodus - The Pax Romana Podcast 05718m
  58. Empire for Sale - The Pax Romana Podcast 05815m
  59. The Year of the Five Emperors - The Pax Romana Podcast 05916m
  60. The Emperor Septimius Severus - The Pax Romana Podcast 06013m
  61. Life in the early Christian Church (Christianity in the Roman Empire 1/5) - The Pax Romana Podcast 06120m
  62. Ancient Cultural Christianity (Christianity in the Roman Empire 2/5) - The Pax Romana Podcast 06215m
  63. Roman Religion and Concerns with Christianity (Christianity in the Roman Empire 3/5) - The Pax Romana Podcast 06319m
  64. Defending Early Christianity (Christianity in the Roman Empire 4/5) - The Pax Romana Podcast 06421m
  65. Perpetua the Martyr (Christianity in the Roman Empire 5/5)- The Pax Romana Podcast 06420m
  66. The Death of Septimius Severus - The Pax Romana Podcast 06517m
  67. Caracalla Transforms the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 06619m
  68. Rome's Not-So-Great Alexander - The Pax Romana Podcast 06714m
  69. Gladiator II Review - The Pax Romana Podcast51m
  70. Macrinus: Emperor for a Moment - The Pax Romana Podcast 06813m
  71. Rome's Emperor of the Sun - The Pax Romana Podcast 06917m
  72. The End of the Severan Dynasty - The Pax Romana Podcast 07018m
  73. Could One Senator Have Saved the Roman Empire? - The Pax Romana Podcast 07131m
  74. The Crisis of the Third Century AD - The Pax Romana Podcast 7219m
  75. The Collapse of the Roman Monetary System - The Pax Romana Podcast 7320m
  76. The Collapse of the Roman Peace - The Pax Romana Podcast 7417m
  77. The Plague of Cyprian - The Pax Romana Podcast 7516m
  78. The Breakup of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 7616m
  79. Aurelian and the Restoration of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 7721m
  80. When Did Rome First Build a Navy? - The Pax Romana Podcast21m
  81. Why Did Rome Conquer Gaul? - The Pax Romana Podcast17m
  82. Was the Assassination of Julius Caesar Justified? - The Pax Romana Podcast19m
  83. Did Ancient Romans Trust Their Own Money? - The Pax Romana Podcast15m
  84. Did Roman Emperors Employ Spies? - The Pax Romana Podcast15m
  85. Was Jesus a Historical Figure? - The Pax Romana Podcast17m
  86. Was Rome's Grain Dole a Benefit or a Burden? - The Pax Romana Podcast23m
  87. Who is My Favorite Roman Emperor? - The Pax Romana Podcast18m
  88. Was Seneca a True Stoic or Fraud? - The Pax Romana Podcast19m
  89. What are the Best Roman History Books? - The Pax Romana Podcast QA1030m
  90. Diocletian's Rise - The Pax Romana Podcast 7820m
  91. The Tetrarchy - The Pax Romana Podcast 7921m
  92. The Militarization of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 8021m
  93. Diocletian's Edict on Maximum Prices - The Pax Romana Podcast 8121m
  94. Why the Military Replaced Rome's Elites - The Pax Romana Podcast 8216m
  95. The Fall of the Tetrarchy and the Rise of Constantine - The Pax Romana Podcast 8319m
  96. Constantine's Conversion to Christianity - The Pax Romana Podcast 8423m
  97. The Council of Nicaea - The Pax Romana Podcast 8527m
  98. The Founding of Constantinople by Constantine the Great - The Pax Romana Podcast 8623m
  99. Constantine's Economy - The Pax Romana Podcast 8721m
  100. Constantine's Death - The Pax Romana Podcast21m
  101. Betrayals and Massacres under the Sons of Constantine - The Pax Romana Podcast 8925m
  102. Constantius II and the Unity of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 9021m
  103. Ammianus Marcellinus, Forged Letters and a Conspiracy under Constantius II - The Pax Romana Podcast 9117m
  104. Julian the Apostate's Path to Power - The Pax Romana Podcast 9226m
  105. Julian and the Pagan Counter-Revolution - The Pax Romana Podcast 9319m
  106. Julian The Apostate's Persian Disaster - The Pax Romana Podcast 9421m
  107. Did Smallpox Plague Ancient Rome? - The Pax Romana Podcast 9521m
  108. Did the Emperor Aurelian Break or Fix the Monetary System of the Roman Empire? - The Pax Romana Podcast 9640m
  109. Jovian: The Forgotten Emperor - The Pax Romana Podcast 9722m
  110. The Battle of Adrianople: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 9819m
  111. The Massacre at Thessalonica - The Pax Romana Podcast 9919m
  112. Theodosius and the Last Years of Roman Unification - The Pax Romana Podcast 10023m
  113. The Roman Empire's Messy Divorce - The Pax Romana Podcast 10120m
  114. Stilicho and the Failing Western Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 10224m
  115. The Sack of Rome - The Pax Romana Podcast 10326m
  116. The Fall of Roman Britain - The Pax Romana Podcast 10423m
  117. Honorius: The Emperor who Shrunk the Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 10523m
  118. The Life and Death of Hypatia of Alexandria, Part 1 - The Pax Romana Podcast 10619m
  119. The Life and Death of Hypatia of Alexandria, Part 2 - The Pax Romana Podcast 10722m