Julii Caesares
The Julii Caesares were the most illustrious family of the patrician gens Julia. The family first appears in history during the Second Punic War, when Sextus Julius Caesar was praetor in Sicily.
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Agrippina the Younger
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger, one of the most notorious and influential of the Roman empresses in the 1st century AD.
31 March 2016
Featuring: Catharine Edwards, Alice König, Matthew Nicholls
Julius Caesar
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar, one of the most intriguing figures of Roman history.
2 October 2014
Featuring: Christopher Pelling, Catherine Steel, Maria Wyke
HistoryCharacters in Book VI of the Aeneid1st-century BC Roman augurs, 1st-century BC Roman consuls1st-century BC historiansAncient Roman military writers, Roman people of the Gallic WarsJulii CaesaresRoman Republican praetorsCleopatraGolden Age Latin writersAncient Roman triumphatorsGenocide perpetratorsPopulares1st-century BC writersMemoiristsThe Augustan Age
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political regime and cultural influence of the Roman Emperor Augustus.
11 June 2009
Featuring: Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards, Duncan Kennedy
CultureDeified Roman emperorsCharacters in Book VI of the AeneidRoman pharaohsShipwreck survivorsFounding monarchs1st-century Romans1st-century Roman emperorsPeople in the canonical gospelsAncient Roman military personnel, Burials at the Mausoleum of AugustusAugustusAncient Roman adopteesJulii CaesaresJulio-Claudian dynastyPeople of the War of Mutina1st-century BC Roman augurs, 1st-century BC Roman consulsTiberius
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the means by which Tiberius became the first Roman to succeed an Emperor and his reputation for financial prudence, cruelty and breeding paranoia.
14 December 2023
Featuring: Matthew Nicholls, Shushma Malik, Catherine Steel
HistoryRoman pharaohsClaudii Nerones, Roman-era Olympic competitors1st-century Roman emperorsPeople in the canonical gospelsAncient Roman military personnel, Burials at the Mausoleum of Augustus1st-century BC RomansAncient Roman adopteesJulii CaesaresRoman quaestorsAncient Roman triumphatorsJulio-Claudian dynasty