Let's start off the podcast with an explanation of how it will be presented, and a justification of its existence

I will cover, in general, the history of Rome up to 189 BC. This will be done in only 22 minutes, and will be focused on the military expansion that the Romans fought abroad, and the social issues back home in Rome.

We will explore the history of Rome from 189 BC to 100 BC. We will focus on the politics and social struggles taking place in the city of Rome and the prominent figures who spearheaded badly needed reforms.

In this episode I will cover the history of Rome from 100 BC to 49 BC. I aimed to cover the history of Rome up to 44 BC but only managed to get to 49 BC. My focus is to discuss the civil wars of Marius and Sulla, and the path that led to Julius Caesar's civil wars

In this episode I tackle the End of the Roman republic, why it happened, why it was Caesar that ended it. I delve into my personal model that describes why the Republic Ended

In this episode I will chronologically cover the reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and nero

This episode I discuss the thirteen important political entities in the Roman Empire at end of Nero's reign, and the onset of the year of the Four Emperors. I am setting up the next few episodes that will tackle that dramatic story

This is the first aside - a short episode to fill in the time while I work on the next narrative episode. In this episode, I cover the basic ideas I have about what makes bad emperors who they are: bad and fun.