Inventing The Messiah

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Inventing The Messiah

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Feb 10, 2017

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Our Kickstarter campaign went live today, so please jump on over there, and support us if you can. And, if you can’t, but still want to support us, Tweet it, Facebook it, Reddit it. Thanks!

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Feb 10, 2017

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A long-form podcast about the lives of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

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Caligula #7 – Going Back To Cali: How does a 24 year old kid, who's never even been on a battlefield, let alone lead an army to victory, get declared "imperator"? How would you handle it if you were granted ius arbitriumque omnium rerum (‘power and authority over all things’) and decl... by Life Of Caesar
66 min listen
Life Of Augustus Announcement – Podcast Awards Nomination!: Thanks to everyone who nominated us for a Podcast Award! We made the official “Society & Culture” nomination list! Now we need you to go and vote for us. You can vote for us once a day. Vote early, vote often! If we win, by Life Of Caesar
3 min listen
Want to come to Europe with us in 2018?: Hey folks, I’m trying to gauge interest in a 2018 tour of Europe. I’ve had a bunch of people email me over the last six months asking for details – well, here they are. It’s hard to come up with exact dates or costs until we have a much better idea of ... by Life Of Caesar
5 min listen
Announcing The New Series!: Hey folks! We’re very excited to announce our brand new kick-ass history series – THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. It’s going to be our wildest and best series yet! This is the guy that both Napoleon and Caesar admired and studied, by Life Of Caesar
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Announcing The New Series!: Hey folks! We’re very excited to announce our brand new kick-ass history series – THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. It’s going to be our wildest and best series yet! This is the guy that both Napoleon and Caesar admired and studied, by Life Of Caesar
8 min listen
Caligula #3 – The Movie (Part 3): We continue and finish our live commentary on the 1979 epic film, CALIGULA. Picking up where we left off last week, Caligula is fisting the married couple and he doesn't even remove his ring. A dark and stormy night leads to night terrors, by Life Of Caesar
86 min listen
The Psychopath Economy – Introduction: Listen to me read the INTRODUCTION to my new book THE PSYCHOPATH ECONOMY. And you only have until 20 March to pre-order your copy! by Life Of Caesar
24 min listen
Special Edition: TrumPOTUS: Just this one time, we ignore Augustus and Rome to do a special edition about what just happened. by Life Of Caesar
68 min listen
Live From Durham: A quick hello from our hotel room in Durham, North Carolina. by Life Of Caesar
31 min listen
Caligula #14 – The Great Purge: Caligula built a 3-mile long bridge over the Bay of Naples. Why? So he could ride over it to prove someone wrong. Then he marries his third and last wife, Caesonia. Then he fires two consuls for not celebrating his birthday and starts a general purge o... by Life Of Caesar
70 min listen
Alexander Free Xmas Taste Test: For those of you who haven’t subscribed to our new Life Of Alexander series yet, here’s a free taste test, our Xmas gift to you. It’s the first episode! If you have already subscribed and already heard it, please indulge us…. and listen again! by Life Of Caesar
79 min listen
Inventing The Messiah: Our Kickstarter campaign went live today, so please jump on over there, and support us if you can. And, if you can’t, but still want to support us, Tweet it, Facebook it, Reddit it. Thanks! by Life Of Caesar
9 min listen
SPECIAL – Dr Richard Carrier: A special philosophy episode. Nothing at all to do with Augustus or Rome. No Ray. Just me and a special guest – Dr. Richard Carrier, who has a M.Phil. and a Ph.D. Ancient History from Columbia University. Talking about FREE WILL. by Life Of Caesar
86 min listen
Help Jesus!: I just launched my second and last Kickstarter campaign for the Jesus film! Check it out, promote it, support it, lick it, rub yourself all over it! by Life Of Caesar
3 min listen
Caligula #4 – Monster or Misunderstood?: We all think we know something of the story of Caligula. We have a picture of him as a destructive monster, an insane sadist. But truth is rarely that simple. Let's take a look at the sources and their individual biases. by Life Of Caesar
63 min listen
The Papa Bear Beat: When Ray’s away, the Cam doth play. by Life Of Caesar
2 min listen
Caligula Caesar #2 – The Movie (Part 2): We continue our live commentary on the 1979 epic film, CALIGULA. Picking up where we left off last week, still in Tiberius’ sex palace on Capri, with a lady holding a writhing legless lizard that she is apparently about to place inside her woo-hoo. by Life Of Caesar
71 min listen
Claudius #1 – The Monster: The first 50 years of Tiberius Claudius Nero's life was a mixture of wealth, power and cruelty. With symptoms similar to cerebral palsy, the young Claudius was called “a monstrosity of a human being, one that Nature began and never finished" - by his ... by Life Of Caesar
57 min listen
Caligula Caesar #1 – The Movie (Part 1): To kick off our Caligula series, we are doing a commentary on the 1979 epic film, CALIGULA. Written by Gore Vidal, directed by Tinto Brass, produced by Bob Guccione, starring Malcolm McDowell, Hellen Mirren, Peter O’Toole, John Gielgud, by Life Of Caesar
69 min listen
Caligula #11 – Paranoia: From his sickbed he named his favorite sister, Drusilla, to inherit the imperial “property and the throne”. But when he recovered, he decided to rid himself of some enemies, real or imagined, including Gemellus, Macro and Silanus, by Life Of Caesar
65 min listen
Caligula #10 – “Anal Maintenance”: Caligula's absolute favourite thing in the world, apart from spending money, is screwing. And seriously, who can blame him. It's good to be the king. And, like Ray, he was happy to be a power bottom. He liked horse racing, by Life Of Caesar
54 min listen
Caligula #9 – The Ships of Nemi: The Nemi ships were two pleasure barges, one larger than the other, built under Caligula at Lake Nemi. Although there were several attempts to recover them from the 15th century onwards, it wasn't until 1929 that Mussolini ordered the whole of Lake Nem... by Life Of Caesar
60 min listen
Caligula #16 – Bless The Rains: Sometime around the year 40, Caligula executed Ptolemy, the king of Africa Proconsularis and Roman ally. It's usually portrayed as evidence of his insanity and greed - but perhaps there is an alternative explanation. by Life Of Caesar
66 min listen
Caligula #5 – Caligula’s Popularity: By all accounts, Caligula was extremely popular with the people, as his father, Germanicus, had been. Suetonius reports that Caligula was “the emperor most earnestly desired”. When he entered Rome, the celebrations are said to have gone on for almost t... by Life Of Caesar
68 min listen
Caligula #13 – No More Mr Nice Guy: In 39 CE, Caligula walked into the Senate and tore them all a new one. The gloves came off. The nice guy act was over. He criticized them for enabling Sejanus' persecution of his family and for criticizing Tiberius when in fact they urged him on. by Life Of Caesar
59 min listen
Caligula #17 – Brittanicus Germanicus: Caligula plans his invasion of Britain. It would have been the first time any Roman solider had been there since Julius Caesar. What motivated his plans? Was he even serious? It's often portrayed as a stupid stunt. by Life Of Caesar
66 min listen
Caligula #6 – The Maccabees: One of the other first things Caligula did when he took power was to release Herod Agrippa from jail - King Herod from the New Testament. The grandson of Herod the Great. Which all gives me an excuse to talk about The Maccabean Revolt and a short histo... by Life Of Caesar
71 min listen
Caligula #12 – The Divine Drusilla: From his sickbed he named his favorite sister, Drusilla, to inherit the imperial “property and the throne”. But when he recovered, he decided to rid himself of some enemies, real or imagined, including Gemellus, Macro and Silanus, by Life Of Caesar
63 min listen
Caligula #23 – Finicky Anus: There's nothing worse than having a Finicky Anus aka Lucius Annius Vinicianus. According to Josephus, Vinicianus was one of the main conspirators. As we'll see, Vinicianus was a long history of conspiring against the Julio-Claudians - he was complicit ... by Life Of Caesar
62 min listen
Caligula #22 – The Foot Stomp: The final conspiracy against Caligula involved Cassius Chaerea, an officer of the Praetorian Guard; Callistus, Caligula's wealthy freedman adviser; and the senator Lucius Annius Vinicianus. Over the next three episodes, by Life Of Caesar
64 min listen

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Galba #1 – Republic Schmublic: News of Galba’s betrayal makes its way to Nero who is shocked into action. He sends troops to stop Galba - but they switch sides and join the conspiracy. Nero goes into hiding with the intent of running away to Alexandria and Greece, by Life Of Caesar
59 min listen
NERO #24 – The Pisonian Conspiracy: Nero has some freedmen executed but the stories are murky. The Parthians decide to try their luck taking back Armenia while Corbulo tries to keep the peace. by Life Of Caesar
46 min listen
NERO #23 – The Great Fire Of Rome: Nero has some freedmen executed but the stories are murky. The Parthians decide to try their luck taking back Armenia while Corbulo tries to keep the peace. by Life Of Caesar
56 min listen
NERO #22 – CONSTANTINE AT THE BRIDGE: Nero has some freedmen executed but the stories are murky. The Parthians decide to try their luck taking back Armenia while Corbulo tries to keep the peace. by Life Of Caesar
56 min listen
NERO #21 – PROMISCUOUS THONG: Nero has some freedmen executed but the stories are murky. The Parthians decide to try their luck taking back Armenia while Corbulo tries to keep the peace. by Life Of Caesar
79 min listen

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