Elagabalus has long been remembered as deviant and sexually depraved. His behaviour was shocking for a Roman citizen, let alone the leader of the empire, and Rome was relieved to see the end of him.
Guest:
Dr Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University/Humboldt Research Fellow, Goethe University, Frankfurt)
Episode XXXIII - Emperor Vespasian, Becoming a God
Episode XXXII - Vespasian, as Prophesised
Episode XXXI - Enter Vespasian
Episode XXX - Vitellius
Episode XXIX - Otho
Episode XXVIII - Galba
Interlude - Reading List II
Episode XXVII - Ovid
Episode XXVI - Seneca the Younger
Episode XXV - Livia
Episode XXIV - Cicero
Episode XXIII - Romans vs Christians
Episode XXII - What a Artist Dies in Nero
Episode XXI - The Great Fire of Rome in 64CE
Interlude - Q and A
Episode XX - Agrippina the Younger
Episode XIX - Nero the Youngest Emperor
Episode XVIII - The Life of Claudius
Episode XVII - Claudius Conquers Britannia
Episode XVI - Claudius the Unlikely Emperor
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