Emperors of Rome
Nightlight Productions
4.8from 2,259 ratings
- 278
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 2,259
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
- 7M
- YouTube views
About Emperors of Rome
“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.” - Tacitus. A Roman history podcast with Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith.
- Publisher
- Nightlight Productions
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Mar 2014
- Latest episode
- 27 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 278 episodes have a transcript.
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Triple Triumph
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The War of the Words (Live at the Melbourne Museum)
19 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Young Warlord
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The Triple Triumph
Published 27 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It is three triumphs. Yeah. One day after another. Yeah. And these are triumphs for the Dalmatian campaign, so in Illyricum, 36 to 34 BCE, the victory at Actium in 31, and then for the conquest of Egypt, defeat of Alexandria in 30. So he's got these three victories that have to be commemorated. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Rhiannon Evans
- Dr Rhiannon Evans
- Caillan Davenport
- Matt Smith
- William Dalrymple
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 7,402,494
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 1,550 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 709 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100
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- Quality
- 63
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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