The Partial Historians
Join Dr Rad and Dr G as we discuss, spar, and laugh our way through different aspects of the ancient Roman world! Our main series 'From the Foundation of the City' follows Roman history year by year from the traditional foundation date of 753 BCE. We also interview academics and specialists from around the globe for their insights into history and the representation of Rome and the ancient Mediterranean in popular culture. Dr Fiona Radford is an expert on Rome on film and wrote her thesis on Kub...
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Episodes (220)
*Special Episode* What Does Your Toga Say About You?
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Episode 98 – Cincinnatus, Suffect Consul
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*Special Episode* – The Thread of Women’s Representation
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Episode 97 – Surprising Sabines
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At the Movies – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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*Special Episode* – Barbarians with Dr Rhiannon Evans
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Episode 96 – Letters and Rumours
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Episode 95 – Introducing Caeso Quinctius
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Episode 94 – Flesh Rains Down Upon Thee
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*Special Episode* – Totalus Rankium and the Partial Historians on Tiberius
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Episode 93 - Divide and Conquer
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*Special Episode* Quo Vadis with the History of the Papacy Podcast
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*Special Episode* Tiberius with the Life of Caesar Podcast
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Episode 92 - The Pestilence of 463 BCE
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*Special Episode* Totalus Rankium and The Partial Historians on Augustus
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Episode 91 – The Furious Romans
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Episode 90 – Spartacus, the Ballet
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Episode 89 – A Fabian Abroad
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Episode 88 – Battle After Battle!
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Episode 87 – The Rise and Rise of Appius Claudius
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Episode 86 – Volero and Laetorius
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Episode 85 – Murder and Volero!
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Episode 84 – The Romans Are Manly Men
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Episode 83 – If Only I Had Some Grain
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Episode 82 – Fabian Demise
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Episode 81 – Livia Drusilla
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Episode 80 – The Year 478 BCE
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Episode 79 – Fabian Domination
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Episode 78 – The Battle of Veii 480 BCE
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Episode 77 – The Troubles of 481 BCE
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Episode 76 – Plebeian Struggles and the Vestal Oppia
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Episode 75 – Trouble in Rome, Trouble with the Volscii
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Episode 74 – Gla!
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Episode 73 – The End of Spurius Cassius
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Episode 72 – Spurius Cassius and c. 486 BCE
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Episode 71 – Proculus Verginius and Spurius Cassius
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Episode 70 – The Volscians, The Aequians, and The Hernicians
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Episode 69 – The Reception of Coriolanus
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Episode 68 – Coriolanus, the Final Chapter
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Episode 67 – Coriolanus – Exiled!
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Episode 66 – Dr G does Italy
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Episode 65 – Coriolanus: Trial Imminent!
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Episode 64 – Coriolanus, Ultimate Patrician
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Episode 63 – Aediles, Fetiales, and Coriolanus
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Episode 62- Roman Struggles, Introducing Coriolanus
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Episode 61 – Hail, Caesar! (2016)
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Episode 60 – Trumbo (2015)
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Episode 59 – Introducing the Tribune of the Plebs
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Episode 58 – The Struggle of the Orders – Part the Second
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Episode 57 – The Struggle of the Orders – Part the First
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