As the power struggle in Rome continued and generals waged their war on the battlefield, Cicero took to the floors of the senate, confronting Antony with the greatest weapon in his arsenal: the spoken word. He called his speeches the Philippics, and they were influential in turning the senate against Antony.
Part II of 'The Liberator's War'
Guest: Dr Kathryn Tempest (Reader in Classics and Ancient History, University of Roehampton).
Episode LIV - There and Back Again (An Emperor's Tale)
Episode LIII - Rome Welcomes Hadrian
Episode LII - Hadrian the Little Greek
Episode LI - Frontinus
Episode L - Historia Augusta
Episode XLIX - Suetonius
Episode XLVIII - Trajan: Optimus Princeps
Episode XLVII - Pliny the Younger
Episode XLVI - Trajan vs Dacia
Episode XLV - In Trajan we Trust
Interlude - Valerius Flaccus
Interlude - Q and A II
Episode XLIV - Roman Sexuality
Episode XLIII - Virgil
Interlude - Latin Pronunciation
Episode XLII - A Lesson in Latin
Episode XLI - Nerva
Episode XL - What is an Emperor? (redux)
Episode XXXIX - Asterix and the Missing Scroll
Episode XXXVIII - Domitian Must Die
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