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seizing the throne978Power struggle978 entries · 1625 hours · British 396 · American 257 · Australian 243Civil wars, usurpers, and the years with four emperors in them.reading the poets728Art, music and letters728 entries · 613 hours · American 443 · British 131 · Australian 108Virgil, Ovid, Tacitus, and Rome on film ever since.finding the gods332Religion332 entries · 407 hours · British 141 · American 72 · Australian 52Vestals, Mithras, the imperial cult and the rise of Christianity.chasing a myth223Myth and legend223 entries · 120 hours · Australian 30 · British 21 · American 20Romulus, Aeneas, the Sibyl, and the stories Rome told about itself.exploring daily life193Daily life193 entries · 150 hours · British 81 · American 37 · Australian 32Dinner, laundry, toilets, holidays and what the flat smelled like.plotting in corridors177Intrigue177 entries · 176 hours · British 67 · Australian 57 · American 36Conspiracies, forged letters, poison and the Praetorian Guard.meeting the women163Women163 entries · 135 hours · Australian 60 · British 51 · American 20Livia, Agrippina, Boudica, and the ones we know from a tombstone.pursuing romance74Love and sex74 entries · 78 hours · Australian 31 · British 23 · American 11Catullus, adultery law, brothel graffiti and Hadrian's grief.watching the games69Games and spectacle69 entries · 68 hours · British 24 · Australian 19 · American 11Gladiators, chariots, beast hunts and the crowd that decided.visiting the dead67Death and burial67 entries · 42 hours · British 18 · Australian 16 · American 16Tombs on the roadside, funeral orations, and the memory of the dead.confronting slavery47Slavery47 entries · 72 hours · Australian 16 · British 12 · American 9How it worked, who it took, and the three wars it started.winning an argument27Rhetoric and persuasion27 entries · 20 hours · Australian 12 · British 7 · American 5Cicero in the forum, and how Romans learned to win an argument.Beta
fighting battles916Battle916 entries · 1314 hours · British 308 · American 205 · Australian 162Cannae, Alesia, Adrianople, and the reconstructions that hold up.running the state623Government623 entries · 1387 hours · British 244 · Australian 162 · American 145The consulship, the senate, the emperor and the paperwork underneath.walking the wall467Life on the frontier467 entries · 357 hours · British 224 · American 104 · Australian 62Hadrian's Wall, the Rhine, the desert forts and the people outside.joining the legion294The army294 entries · 587 hours · British 92 · Mixed 88 · American 63Kit, pay, marching order and what a legionary actually ate.digging things up171Archaeology171 entries · 301 hours · British 76 · American 38 · Australian 17Pompeii, Vindolanda, hoards, and what came out of the ground this year.following the money125Money and trade125 entries · 82 hours · British 51 · American 42 · Australian 20The denarius, the grain fleet, and the day the coinage stopped working.building aqueducts119Engineering119 entries · 82 hours · British 47 · American 33 · Australian 15Aqueducts, roads, concrete, and the Pantheon's dome.arguing the law62Law and punishment62 entries · 39 hours · Australian 35 · American 14 · British 5The Twelve Tables, the jurists, and what happened to you if you lost.surviving the plague36Medicine and plague36 entries · 21 hours · British 15 · American 10 · Australian 8Galen, eye salve, and the pandemics that emptied the cities.