<description>&lt;p&gt;Probus had a fairly long reign for this time in the history of the Empire. Keeping the barbarians in check is one thing, seeing off usurpers is another, but just don’t ask too much of the military - they don’t like getting their hands dirty.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Guest: 
&lt;br /&gt;Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University)&lt;/p&gt;
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Probus had a fairly long reign for this time in the history of the Empire.

Probus had a fairly long reign for this time in the history of the Empire. Keeping the barbarians in check is one thing, seeing off usurpers is another, but just don’t ask too much of the military - they don’t like getting their hands dirty.

Guest: 
Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University)

Episode CCXXXI - Probus

<description>&lt;p&gt;We now return to the late third century, where the Emperor Aurelian has finally reunited the Roman empire and been murdered for the trouble, and the senate in Rome, waning in its influence, makes a final flex of power.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://thornburypicturehouse.com.au/film/st00002628/"&gt;Tickets are now on sale&lt;/a&gt; for our special 10th anniversary live screening of the movie Gladiator! 19th October at the Thornbury Picture House in Melbourne.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Guest: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University)&lt;/p&gt;
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The senate in Rome, waning in its influence, makes a final flex of power.

<a href="https://thornburypicturehouse.com.au/film/st00002628/">Tickets are now on sale</a> for our special 10th anniversary live screening of the movie Gladiator! 19th October at the Thornbury Picture House in Melbourne.

Guest: 

Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University)


We now return to the late third century, where the Emperor Aurelian has finally reunited the Roman empire and been murdered for the trouble, and the senate in Rome, waning in its influence, makes a final flex of power.

<a href=“https://thornburypicturehouse.com.au/film/st00002628/“>Tickets are now on sale</a> for our special 10th anniversary live screening of the movie Gladiator! 19th October at the Thornbury Picture House in Melbourne.

Guest: 

Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University)

Episode CCXXX - Emperor Tacitus

<description>&lt;p&gt;The Bona Dea was a goddess of Rome, whose celebrations were the secret domain of elite women. To our male Roman sources they were mysterious and magical, that is until Clodius Pulcher decided he would gate crash.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://thornburypicturehouse.com.au/film/st00002628/"&gt;Tickets are now on sale&lt;/a&gt; for our special 10th anniversary live screening of the movie Gladiator! 19th October at the Thornbury Picture House in Melbourne.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Guest: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)&lt;/p&gt;
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The Bona Dea was a goddess of Rome, whose celebrations were the secret domain of elite women.

The Bona Dea was a goddess of Rome, whose celebrations were the secret domain of elite women. To our male Roman sources they were mysterious and magical, that is until Clodius Pulcher decided he would gate crash.

<a href=“https://thornburypicturehouse.com.au/film/st00002628/“>Tickets are now on sale</a> for our special 10th anniversary live screening of the movie Gladiator! 19th October at the Thornbury Picture House in Melbourne.

Guest: 

Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)

Episode CCXXIX - Clodius Pulcher and the Bona Dea

<description>&lt;p&gt;Caesar was a man who was careful of his image, and in his accounts of the Gallic Wars he records his skill and competence on the battle field. He also made a point of giving himself a credible nemesis, with the barbarian Vercingetorix taking the centre stage.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Recorded live in Albury at the Albury LibraryMuseum on 24th June, 2024.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Guests: 
&lt;br /&gt;Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)&lt;/p&gt;
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Caesar was a man who was careful of his image, and in his accounts of the Gallic Wars he records his skill and competence on the battle field.

Catiline’s name is often used as a byword for villainy, and over the years has been told and retold by different authors with different agendas. To some he is a villain, a traitor to the state. To others he’s a hero, standing up for the little guy.

Part VII of The Catiline Conspiracy 

Guest: Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University).

Episode CCXXVIII - Caesar vs Vercingetorix (Live in Albury)

<description>&lt;p&gt;Throughout our examination of the Catiline conspiracy we have avoided the urge to make comparisons between the events in Ancient Rome and modern day politics. In this episode we resist no more. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Part VIII of The Catiline Conspiracy &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Guests: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Professor Nick Bisley (Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University)&lt;/p&gt;
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Throughout our examination of the Catiline conspiracy we have avoided the urge to make comparisons between the events in Ancient Rome and modern day politics. In this episode we resist no more. 

Episode CCXXVII - The Catiline Comparison  (The Catiline Conspiracy VIII)

“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.” - Tacitus. A podcast series looking at the rulers of the ancient Roman empire, by Dr Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith.

“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.” - Tacitus. A podcast series looking at the rulers of the ancient Roman empire, by Dr Rhiannon Evans, Dr Caillan Davenport and Matt Smith.

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