As the power struggle in Rome continued and generals waged their war on the battlefield, Cicero took to the floors of the senate, confronting Antony with the greatest weapon in his arsenal: the spoken word. He called his speeches the Philippics, and they were influential in turning the senate against Antony.
Part II of 'The Liberator's War'
Guest: Dr Kathryn Tempest (Reader in Classics and Ancient History, University of Roehampton).
Episode CXXVI - Vestal Virgins
Episode CXXV - Call Me Not a Lord, for I Am a Lady (Elagabalus III)
Episode CXXIV – The Lowest Depths of Foulness (Elagabalus II)
Episode CXXIII - Here Comes the Sun (Elagabalus I)
Episode CXXII - Purple by Merit
Episode CXXI - Assassination
Episode CXX - Adultery
Episode CXIX - Fragments of Early Roman Literature
Episode CXVIII - The Roman Calendar
Episode CXVII – Disgraced Human Nature (Caracalla V)
Episode CXVI - Red Wedding (Caracalla IV)
Episode CXV - Ausonian Beast (Caracalla III)
Episode CXIV - Mutilating Rome (Caracalla II)
Episode CXIII - Fratricidal Discord (Caracalla I)
Episode CXII - The Book of Love
Episode CXI - The Equestrian Order
Episode CX - Anthology of Interest
Episode CIX - Saturnalia
Episode CVIII - A Lesson in Latin II
Episode CVII - The Legacy of Spartacus
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