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 CVI - The Third Servile War
Episode CV - Spartacus the Gladiator
Episode CIV - Slavery
Episode CIII - Old Age in the Roman World
Episode CII - Clodia
Episode CI - The Last Will and Testament of Caesar
Episode C - The Death of Caesar (Live in Melbourne)
Episode XCIX - Q and A IV
Episode XCVIII - Caesar's Gallic War
Episode XCVII - Sallust
Episode XCVI - Dictator of Rome
Episode XCV - The First Triumvirate
Episode XCIV - A Republic Worth Fighting For
Episode XCIII - Powerful Personalities
Episode XCII - The Beginning of the End of the Republic
Episode XCI - The Roman Constitution
Episode XC - Herodes Atticus
Episode LXXXIX - A Man the World Could Not Hold
Episode LXXXVIII – Severan Stories II
Episode LXXXVII – Severan Stories I
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