Betrayal, virgins, and a woodpecker. All of this and more in this episode of The Roman Republic Podcast  ..read more

The founder of the Latin peoples and an ancestor of Julius Caesar, Aeneas was a legendary Greco-Roman figure who embarked on an epic journey from Troy to Italy in search of a new home after the destruction of his old one. Aeneas' journey marks the beginning of what the Romans believed to be their origin story and thus The Roman Republic Podcast will begin with his saga.  Source Material The History of Rome, Livy Volumes 1-5. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Valerie M. Warrior. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. Indianapolis/Cambridge  Plutarch's Lives, Plutarch Volume 1. T ..read more

Romulus, King of Rome and a child of war, builds the foundations of Rome atop bones and blood only fall to his knees in front of compassion.  ..read more

More birds, foundations, and dark deeds at the outset of Rome's journey.  ..read more

More birds, foundations, and dark deeds at the outset of Rome's journey.  ..read more

More birds, foundations, and dark deeds at the outset of Rome's journey.  ..read more

Betrayal, virgins, and a woodpecker. All of this and more in this episode of The Roman Republic Podcast  ..read more

The founder of the Latin peoples and an ancestor of Julius Caesar, Aeneas was a legendary Greco-Roman figure who embarked on an epic journey from Troy to Italy in search of a new home after the destruction of his old one. Aeneas' journey marks the beginning of what the Romans believed to be their origin story and thus The Roman Republic Podcast will begin with his saga.  Source Material The History of Rome, Livy Volumes 1-5. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Valerie M. Warrior. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. Indianapolis/Cambridge  Plutarch's Lives, Plutarch Volume 1. T ..read more