Anthology of Interest IV

Rhiannon Evans, Caillan Davenport, Matt Smith and special guest William Dalrymple share items of Roman interest! You will hear:

- A phoenix in the forum

- The unknown Queens of Rome

- The Roman perception of elephants

- Trade between India and Rome

- The low bar of Roman insults

- The false female centurion

- What Emperors called themselves

- An accurate population of Pompeii

- The false Theodosius

- Sallust and ethnic etymology in North Africa

Guests:

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

Professor Caillan Davenport (Centre for Classical Studies, Australian National University))

William Dalrymple (Esteemed author and host of Empire podcast)