When Apuleius married his friend’s mother, little did he realise that it would lead to a charge of sorcery, with a raft of seemingly innocent actions from buying a mirror to writing bad poetry bought up in front of the courts to prove his wicked intentions.
Unfortunately for his accusers, Apuleius was a skilled orator, educated in the art of philosophy and highly skilled at slandering his enemies.
Guest: Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Head of Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University)
Episode CCV - Cleopatra Selene
Episode CCIV - Octavian's Illyrian War
Episode CCIII - Augustan Egypt
Episode CCII - The Death of Cleopatra and Antony
Episode CCI - Actium
Episode CC - Cleopatra and Antony (Live in Melbourne)
Episode CXCIX - Sextus Pompeius
Episode CXCVIII - Octavia
Episode CXCVII - The Perusine War
Episode CXCVI - Fulvia
Episode CXCV - Q and A VIII
Episode CXCIV - Sea Monsters in Roman Mythology
Episode CXCIII - The Humiliation of Caesar (Valerian III)
Episode CXCII - The Persecution of Christians (Valerian II)
Episode CXCI - Empire Under Siege (Valerian)
Episode CXC - I, Augustus (with Brian Blessed)
Episode CLXXXIX - Nero and the Great Fire of Rome (Live in Canberra)
Episode CLXXXVIII - How to Win a Consular Election
Episode CLXXXVII - The Battle of Philippi
Episode CLXXXVI - Proscriptions
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