Harry Sidebottom&nbsp;teaches classical history at Oxford University, and is the bestselling author of fifteen novels. His debut trade non-fiction book,&nbsp;<em>The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome</em>, was published in 2022 and was a Book of the Year in the&nbsp;<em>Spectator</em>, the&nbsp;<em>Financial Times</em>&nbsp;and BBC History. On this episode of Little Atoms he talks to Neil Denny about his latest book <em>Those Who Are About To Die: Gladiators and the Roman Mind</em>.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Little Atoms

Neil Denny

Little Atoms 978 - Harry Sidebottom's Those Who Are About To Die

DEC 5, 202528 MIN
Little Atoms

Little Atoms 978 - Harry Sidebottom's Those Who Are About To Die

DEC 5, 202528 MIN

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Harry Sidebottom&nbsp;teaches classical history at Oxford University, and is the bestselling author of fifteen novels. His debut trade non-fiction book,&nbsp;<em>The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome</em>, was published in 2022 and was a Book of the Year in the&nbsp;<em>Spectator</em>, the&nbsp;<em>Financial Times</em>&nbsp;and BBC History. On this episode of Little Atoms he talks to Neil Denny about his latest book <em>Those Who Are About To Die: Gladiators and the Roman Mind</em>.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>