Episode XCIX - Q and A IV

Published: July 25, 2018, 5:55 a.m.

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For the fourth time, listeners provide questions and Rhiannon and Matt answer!\\n
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- Was Livia the scheming sociopath that Robert Graves portrayed?\\n
- What is the difference between Caesar and Augustus? Are the titles the same? \\n
- What did the Romans write their manuscripts on?\\n
- How did the Romans picture the shape of their empire? \\n
- Could a senator quit the senate?\\n
- What were the limitations of Roman naming conventions?\\n
- Would Donald Trump make a good Roman Emperor?\\n
- What happened between Caesar and Titus Labienus?\\n
- What are some of the lesser known Roman gods?\\n
- Did Caesar actually say \'I came, I saw, I conquered\'?

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Guest: Dr Rhiannon Evans (Senior Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)

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