Every emperor, scored, 202 episodes and 247 hours
Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium
201 recordings · 171 numbered episodes · 246 hours · Totalus Rankium
Two hosts take every Roman emperor in turn, tell the life properly, and then score him across categories they invented, feeding a league table that runs the length of the series. The scoring sounds like a gimmick and turns out to be a teaching device: put Claudius next to Aurelian on the same scale and you have to decide what an emperor was actually for. 247 hours, and it takes the obscure third-century men as seriously as the famous ones.
Where to start. Augustus, so the scoring has a benchmark. 01 Baccus Groundus · 77 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 201 episodes, in order. Every title links straight to the episode.
- 01Baccus Groundus1h 17m
- 02Augustus1h 22m
- 03Tiberius1h 20m
- 04Caligula1h 24m
- 05Claudius1h 24m
- 06Nero1h 29m
- 07Galba1h 20m
- 08Otho1h 24m
- 09Vitellius1h 19m
- 10Vespasian1h 22m
- 11Titus1h 20m
- 12Domitian1h 24m
- 13Nerva1h 15m
- 14Trajan1h 13m
- 15Hadrian1h 16m
- 16Antoninus Pius1h 26m
- 17Lucius Verus1h 19m
- 18Marcus Aurelius1h 17m
- 19Commodus1h 29m
- 20Pertinax1h 23m
- 21Didius Julianus1h 32m
- 22Septimius Severus1h 32m
- 23Geta38m
- 24Caracalla1h 26m
- 25Macrinus1h 28m
- 26Elagabalus1h 33m
- 27Alexander1h 32m
- 28Maximinus Thrax1h 22m
- 29Gordian I48m
- 30Gordian II40m
- 31Balbinus59m
- 32Pupienus43m
- 33Gordian III1h 22m
- 34Philip58m
- 35Decius51m
- 36Hostilian57m
- 37Gallus42m
- 38Aemilianus49m
- 39Valerian1h 06m
- 40Gallienus1h 15m
- 41Claudius II1h 04m
- 42Quintillus34m
- 43Aurelian1h 38m
- 44Tacitus50m
- 45Florianus54m
- 46Probus1h 01m
- 47Carus29m
- 48Numerian41m
- 49Carinus33m
- 50Diocletian1h 30m
- 51Maximian1h 10m
- 52Constantius1h 14m
- 53Galerius1h 34m
- 54Severus II1h 15m
- 55Maxentius1h 34m
- 56Maximinus Daia1h 13m
- 57Licinius1h 18m
- 58Constantine1h 46m
- 59Constantine II1h 07m
- 60Constans1h 29m
- 61Constantius II1h 36m
- 62Julian1h 39m
- 63Jovian1h 12m
- 64Valentinian1h 36m
- 65Valens1h 34m
- 66Gratian1h 21m
- 67Magnus Maximus1h 12m
- 68Valentinian II1h 03m
- 69Theodosius1h 37m
- 70Arcadius1h 05m
- 71Honorius1h 28m
- 72Constantine III38m
- 73Constantius III59m
- 74Theodosius II1h 43m
- 75Valentinian III1h 34m
- 76Marcian1h 10m
- 77Petronius Maximus53m
- 78Avitus1h 09m
- 79Majorian1h 36m
- 80Severus III1h 12m
- 81Anthemius1h 31m
- 82Olybrius1h
- 83Glycerius41m
- 84Nepos59m
- 85Augustulus1h 26m
- S1 Round I1h
- S1 Round II1h 15m
- S1 Round III1h 19m
- S1 Round IV1h 23m
- S1 Round V1h 11m
- S1 Round VI1h 17m
- S1 Semi Final I49m
- S1 Semi Final II52m
- S1 Semi Final III51m
- S1 The Final46m
- Questionus Respondi1h 39m
- 86Leo1h 03m
- 87Leo II11m
- 88Zeno1h 18m
- 89Anastasius1h 11m
- 90Justin54m
- 91Justinian2h 04m
- 92Justin II1h 07m
- 93Tiberius II57m
- 94Maurice1h 35m
- 95Phocas1h 18m
- 96Heraclius2h 02m
- 97Constantine IIIb33m
- 98Heraklonas20m
- 99Constans II1h 06m
- 100Constantine IV1h 19m
- 101Justinian II No Nose1h 59m
- 102Leontios45m
- 103Tiberius III36m
- 104Philipikos37m
- 105Anastasius II33m
- 106Theodosius III27m
- 107Leo III1h 23m
- 108Artabasdos23m
- 109Constantine V The Dung Named1h 13m
- 110Leo IV43m
- 111Irene1h 47m
- 112Constantine VI46m
- 113Nikephoros52m
- 114Staurakios14m
- 115Michael1h 01m
- Publius Annoucus - Senate Preview Episode55m
- 116Leo V1h 36m
- 117Michael II1h 39m
- 118Theophilos1h 49m
- 119Theodora58m
- 120Michael III The Drunk1h 39m
- 121Basil1h 47m
- 122Leo VI The Wise1h 26m
- 123Alexander II56m
- 124Zoe Coal Eyes1h 18m
- 125Romanos1h 39m
- 126Stephen35m
- 127Constantine VII The Purple Born1h 02m
- 128Romanos II1h 25m
- 129Nikephoros II1h 52m
- 130John I Tzimiskes1h 37m
- 131Basil II1h 56m
- 132Constantine VIII58m
- 133Romanos III1h 20m
- 134Michael IV1h 18m
- 135Michael V The Ship Smearer1h 09m
- 136Zoe II Purple Born1h 21m
- 137Constantine IX The Lone Fighter1h 58m
- 138Theodora II Purple Born1h 04m
- Battle of Zama (Plus Update)33m
- Interview: Saga Thing: Norse Perspective1h 27m
- Interview: Partial Historians: Spartacus1h 11m
- 139Michael VI The Old1h 06m
- 140Isaac1h 27m
- 141Constantine X1h 15m
- Interview: Rex Factor: Sulla1h 26m
- 142Eudocia1h 09m
- 143Romanos IV Diogenes1h 33m
- 144Michael VII1h 14m
- 145Nikepheros III1h 48m
- 146Alexios2h 04m
- 147John II The Beautiful1h 43m
- 148Manuel1h 56m
- 149Alexios II36m
- 150Andronikos1h 45m
- 151Isaac II Angelos1h 28m
- 152Alexios III1h 19m
- 153Alexios IV1h 10m
- 4th Week - Baccus Groundus Commentry1h 30m
- 154Nicholas25m
- 155Alexios V Monobrow55m
- Totalus Rankium Vs Pontifacts1h 17m
- 156Theodore1h 27m
- 157John III1h
- 158Theodore II1h 42m
- 159John IV48m
- 160Michael VIII1h 30m
- 161Andronikos II1h 26m
- Special: Eat Brains Love (Quest Friends Pontifact crossover!)1h 21m
- 162Michael IX1h
- 163Andronikos III1h 25m
- 164John VI (Yes VI, not V)1h 59m
- 165Matthew1h 21m
- 166John V (Yes V, not VI)1h 47m
- 167Andronikos IV49m
- 168John VII31m
- 169Manuel II1h 58m
- 170John VIII1h 16m
- 171Constantine XI1h 59m
- S2 Draw41m
- S2 Round I1h 03m
- S2 Round 21h 16m
- S2 Round 31h 17m
- S2 Round 41h 33m
- S2 Round 51h 39m
- S2 Round 61h 42m
- S2 Semi Final 150m
- S2 Semi Final 21h 08m
- S2 Semi Final 31h 18m
- S2 The Final53m