Julius Caesar

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources for this episode include: Tacitus’ Agricola and Annals (Translated by Alfred Church) Polyaenus’ Strategems (R. Shepherd [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Sorry, we just absolutely could not help ourselves… Oh and here’s the Gimp outfit. (It’s actually in Pulp Fiction, not in American Horror [...Read More...]

When Julius Caesar returned to Rome after his last military campaign, he had big plans. Plans like remaking Rome in the image of Alexandria—as a beacon of light and [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s the episode where we talk about the elephant battle with King Juba and Scipio in more depth. We relied on these modern sources: Stacy [...Read More...]

After winning the Alexandrian War and restoring Cleopatra to her throne, Julius Caesar returned to Rome. And then—he kept busy. Settling an insurrection among his troops, [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our modern sources for this episode include: Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra: A Life Adrian Goldsworthy’s Caesar: Life of a Colossus And our ancient [...Read More...]

When Cleopatra met Julius Caesar, sparks flew. The daring Egyptian queen beguiled the conquering Roman general—and then enlisted him to fight her battles. Outnumbered five [...Read More...]

When Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt, he walked into a civil war between the country’s new co-rulers: Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra. The romance between Caesar and [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here, as promised, are some flute metal jams: Our modern sources for this episode include: Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra: A Life Adrian Goldsworthy’s [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our modern sources for this episode include: Adrian Goldsworthy’s Caesar: Life of a Colossus Patricia Southern’s Julius Caesar: A Life Jack [...Read More...]