“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.” - Tacitus. A podcast series looking at the rulers of the ancient Roman empire, by Dr Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith.
Emperors of Rome
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“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.” - Tacitus. A podcast series looking at the rulers of the ancient Roman empire, by Dr Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith.
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Recent Episodes
June 9, 2026
Octavian Before Octavian
Before Augustus reached his great heights as Emperor, before he was even Octavian, he was Giaus Octavius, born to a relatively humble family and giving no indication of the greatness he would achieve. While his father had a reasonably successful political and military career, it’s almost certain that he wouldn’t have become princeps at all without the important connections provided by his mother, Atia. We are crowdfunding a podcast miniseries on Tacitus’ Germania! It is exclusive to supporters only, and <a href=“https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nightlight/germania-a-roman-history-podcast-miniseries”>available now on kickstarter</a>. Support Emperors of Rome on Patreon: <a href=“http://www.patreon.com/romepodcast”>patreon.com/romepodcast</a> Episode CCLVII (257) Guest: Dr Rhiannon Evans
May 27, 2026
Germania
Tacitus’s Germania is one of the most fascinating, strange, and surprisingly modern texts to survive from the ancient world. Part ethnographic survey, part moral provocation, part geopolitical warning, it describes the tribes living along Rome’s northern frontier: their customs, their gods, their warriors, their women, and their stubborn refusal to become Roman. This is the first episode of a new podcast miniseries from Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith. It is exclusive to supporters only, and <a href=“https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nightlight/germania-a-roman-history-podcast-miniseries”>available now on kickstarter</a>. Support Emperors of Rome on Patreon: <a href=“http://www.patreon.com/romepodcast”>patreon.com/romepodcast</a> Episode CCLVI (256) Guest: Dr Rhiannon Evans
April 24, 2026
Augusti Retirement
Professor Caillan Davenport discusses the unprecedented imperial retirement of Diocletian and Maximian in 305 CE, exploring the historical debate surrounding this pivotal moment in Roman history.
274 total episodes available with 17 transcripts
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