Life Of Caesar

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Julius Caesar #40 – The Spanish Campaign 46 BCE Jul 10, 2015

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Caesar realises that he has to go to Spain in person to deal with Pompey’s two brat sons – Cnaeus and Sextus – and his old bottom bitch Labienus. It quickly turns into a bloody and brutal affair – people are getting slaughtered, beheaded, crucified – and that’s just the people that Ray works with!

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Julius Caesar Consul #17 – Jim Miller, Economist Jul 03, 2015

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Our guest this time is James Miller, game theorist and associate professor of economics at Smith College. He invited himself onto the show to talk about game theory and decision theory as they relate to Caesar’s life and Roman history, Republican politics … and the technological singularity. James is also the author of several books, including Game […]

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Julius Caesar #39 – Caesar’s Reforms Jun 26, 2015

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As dictator, Julius Caesar initiates a sweeping range of political and social reforms that even his enemies have to concede make a lot of sense, including a colonisation program, reforming the grain dole, building a great library, and reforming the calendar.

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Julius Caesar #38 – It’s Business Time Jun 19, 2015

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Even while the Greatest Party Ever™ is going on, Caesar is getting down to the business of changing the way Rome works – forever. He’s rewarding his supporters with positions in the Senate, forgiving more of his enemies, creating new settlements in far off lands.. And we talk about lesbians.

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Julius Caesar #37 – Caesar’s Four Triumphs Jun 12, 2015

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Well we are back with episode 37 and we’re also back to one hour episodes (more or less). Even though we recorded 3.5 hours today, we’re going to cut them up into three episodes. Listen to the show for an explanation. On this episode, we see Julius Caesar return to Rome after the battle of […]

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Julius Caesar Consul #16 – Sam Wood: Archaeologist, TV Star, Bike Nut May 29, 2015

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Our guest on our 16th Consul show is Aussie Sam Wood! Sam is an archaeologist who now is also one of the people behind the Ride And Seek business – they take people on INSANE bike history tours. For example, in July they are following Napoleon’s route from Paris to Moscow – six weeks on a […]

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Julius Caesar #36 – AFRICA May 15, 2015

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Nearly three hours of mayhem sees Caesar sail to Africa to finish off Metellus Scipio, Labienus, Cato and the rest of the Pompeians.

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Julius Caesar #35 – VENI VIDI VICI May 01, 2015

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Caesar leaves Cleopatra and Alexandria behind to return to Rome. But before he can deal with Rome, he has to pay some debts, borrow some funds and deal with our old mate Pharnaces, son of Mithridates of Pontus. Meanwhile back in Italy, Mark Antony is getting drunk, Cicero is worried that no-one loves him and […]

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Julius Caesar #34 – Alexandria & Cleopatra Apr 17, 2015

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Father forgive us, we have sinned! It’s been nearly 4 weeks since our last episode (Ray took his family to Disney World!) but we’re back with 3 1/4 hours of madcap history! We follow Caesar as he puts on his Sherlock cap and follows Pompey to Egypt, only to discover he is three days too late. […]

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Julius Caesar #33 – The Battle Of Pharsalus Mar 20, 2015

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Whew. Another 2.5 hours of mayhem! In this episode, Caesar and Pompey finally face off in the battle to determine the fate of Western civilization. Two men enter – one man leaves! It’s August in 48BCE. Caesar withdraws from Dyrrachium. He arrives at Gomphi who close their doors to him – so he lays siege […]

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