Emperors of Rome

Episode CL - Q and A VI (Live)

Oct 1, 2020

46:34

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Did Romans Keep Pets?

02:33

Did the Roman Empire Have a Department of Public Works?

03:57

The Fall of the Western Empire in AD 476

02:53

Introduction

5min

If You Could Interview Only One Roman Emperor, Who Would That Be?

3min

Is Domitian Must Die?

5min

Did Romans Keep Pets?

3min

Would You Consider a Rewatch Series of iClaudius After Rome?

2min

Are There Any Ancient Resources That Don't Survive?

2min

Is There Still a Villa of the Papayri?

2min

The Fall of the Western Empire in AD 476

3min

The Most Reliable Ancient Historian

3min

10.

Dio

2min

11.

Did Women Have Equal Access to the Bathhouses With the Men?

4min

12.

Did the Roman Empire Have a Department of Public Works?

4min

13.

The Dangerous Job Being an Architect in Ancient Rome

2min

14.

Cicero's Epic Poems

3min

15.

The Last Question - Who Would You Like to Have Dinner With?

2min

16.

Emperors of Rome Podcast

2min

For the sixth time, listeners provide questions and Rhiannon and Matt answer!
In this episode:
- Which Roman Emperor would our guests like to interview?
- Did Romans have pets?
- How did Romans organise construction?
- How did we decided when the Roman Empire ‘ended’?
- Are the ancient sources reliable?
- Did women and men in Rome share bath houses?
- Favourite Cicero self-aggrandisement?

Guest:
Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Head of School of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University)
Dr Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University/Humboldt Research Fellow, Goethe University, Frankfurt)
Virginia Trioli (ABC Journalist and Newsreader)