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- Ratings
- 2025
- First episode
About Ancient Civilisations
The ancient world was full of wonders. Engineering marvels like the Great Wall of China and Stonehenge. Remarkable peoples like the Aztecs, the Romans and the Mongols. Infamous leaders such as Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Herod the Great. Inventors, explorers, builders, pioneers and philosophers who shaped the world we live in today. Welcome to Ancient Civilisations - the podcast that takes you back in time to discover the ancient world, one story at a time. A Noiser production, narrated by Paul McGann and John Hopkins. As featured on Short History Of... and Real Dictators. Noiser+ members get ad-free listening, exclusive content, and early access to new episodes across the Noiser podcast network. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions. No part of this podcast may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. In accordance with Article 4(3) of the DSM Directive 2019/790, Noiser Ltd expressly reserves this work from the text and data mining exception.
- Publisher
- NOISER
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 Jan 2025
- Latest episode
- 14 May 2026
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43 of 50 episodes have a transcript.
14 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Julius Caesar Part 3: Murder in the Senate
7 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Julius Caesar Part 2: Rendezvous With Cleopatra
30 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Julius Caesar Part 1: The Roman Dictator
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Julius Caesar Part 3: Murder in the Senate
Published 14 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Habhazard corrections are made periodically to get things back on track. In consultation with Greek and Egyptian astronomers, Caesar reorganises the 12 Roman months into a 365 -day year, adding a leap year every fourth. Save for the Gregorian revision, the Julian calendar is essentially the one we still use today. […]
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- Michael Falser
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- Professor Matthew Restall
- Joyce Tyldesley
- Denis Belliveau
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 335 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 768 ratings
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 91
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