Episode CX - Anthology of Interest

Published: Jan. 8, 2019, 1:55 a.m.

The ultimate triumvirate! Three people present three Roman history topics each for three minutes. In this episode you will hear:\n
- The unfortunate demise of Cinna the poet\n
- Cicero's reluctance to send panthers to those in need\n
- The sensitive subject of baldness\n
- PTSD bought on by the Carthaginian War\n
- Women donning a toga\n
- Claudius' edicts and defending 'stupidity'\n
- The last of the Ptolemys\n
- The hazard of regifting the world's largest apple

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Guests: \n
Dr Rhiannon Evans (Senior Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)\n
Dr Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University)