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 XXXIII - Emperor Vespasian, Becoming a God
Episode XXXII - Vespasian, as Prophesised
Episode XXXI - Enter Vespasian
Episode XXX - Vitellius
Episode XXIX - Otho
Episode XXVIII - Galba
Interlude - Reading List II
Episode XXVII - Ovid
Episode XXVI - Seneca the Younger
Episode XXV - Livia
Episode XXIV - Cicero
Episode XXIII - Romans vs Christians
Episode XXII - What a Artist Dies in Nero
Episode XXI - The Great Fire of Rome in 64CE
Interlude - Q and A
Episode XX - Agrippina the Younger
Episode XIX - Nero the Youngest Emperor
Episode XVIII - The Life of Claudius
Episode XVII - Claudius Conquers Britannia
Episode XVI - Claudius the Unlikely Emperor
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