Synopsis: The death of Octavian, elevation of Tiberius, and early military careers of Germanicus and Ptolemy. “Even during the years when he lived at Rhodes, in ostensible retirement and actual exile, (Tiberius) had studied nothing save anger, hypocrisy, and secret lasciviousness.” – Tacitus, The Annals, […]
Month: January 2015
Episode B7 – Tropaion
Synopsis: The death of Gaius Caesar, and Juba’s return to Mauretania. Tropaion (Greek): A battlefield monument, erected at the “turning point” where the enemy’s phalanx broke. Triptychs for Episodes B1 through B21: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/B1-B21_Triptychs.pdf References and Further Reading: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Bloodline_Arc1.pdf
Crossing the Dateline
Episode B6, Eurus (“East Wind”) represents a milestone of sorts, in that it took the story from 1 BC to 1 AD. Actually, it’s even a bit more poignant, since Juba & company were marching around near, or sailing close by, Judea that year. Very […]
Episode B6 – Eurus
Synopsis: Juba accompanies Gaius Caesar on his Eastern expedition. “Tigranes…marched forth with an army of such huge proportions that he actually laughed heartily at the appearance of the Romans present there. He is said to have remarked that, in cases where they came to make […]