The Leaders of Rome

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Shakespeare was popularizing history way earlier than podcasters could have ever hoped to.

Why do Romans have so many weird names? Is there any rhyme or reason? List of people with the Gaius praenomen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius#People

Who was the man who killed Caesar?

Was Caesar too kind to his fallen foes?

Everything you ever wanted to know about Caesar's sex life and more!

This week we take a look at a piece of the story that didn't fit into the original narrative and talk about Julius Caesar's coolness.

We have arrived at it, likely the most important person in all of Roman History. Did I do a good job? Probably not!

A giant in spite of his name, a man who would be more a story than a person, Cato the Younger, great grandson of Cato the Elder, is our topic today.

The tale of the man who was almost Caesar, the man who some call "Rome's First Emperor", Pompey Magnus, or Pompey the Great.

Who was the richest man of Rome? What did he want? How did he live? Come meet Crassus.

How much do you really know about the ancient worlds most famous slave? Who was he? What did he want?

The greatest and most terrible of Roman leaders until the next greatest and most terrible of Roman leaders. Today we discuss Rome's first Dictator For Life, Lucius Cornelius Sulla.

Meet the man who might rightly be called an enemy of Rome, one who we might say is one of the greatest and most terrible men to lead Rome in its long history so far.

The Poison King takes the stage to scheme his way to more power against Rome.

How will Rome react to a far different kind of enemy than Hannibal? A different nation might have been able to accept the compromise, but Jugurtha pushed Rome just far enough that they had to respond.

How will the Roman world react to the younger brother of the man they so recently killed? Find out, in this brand new episode of... The Leaders of Rome...

The first of two brothers who would work to reshape Rome in the hopes of achieving more, and wind up setting the stage for the people who really shifted the balance of the republic.

Who was the most highly regarded man of the Middle Roman Republic? And how did Carthage finally come to an end? Find out in this episode!

How do you deal with a phenomenal general stomping around your country and attacking your cities? Send a phenomenal general to his country! This week we introduce Scipio Africanus, the man who would be Hannibal's downfall.