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CONTINUED HEADLINE: The Life and Political Downfall of Clodia, Champion of the Republic GUEST NAME: Douglas Boin SUMMARY: Professor Douglas Boin discusses Clodia's pivotal role in late Republican Rome, detailing her wealth, rivalry with Cicero, and her b

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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HEADLINE: The Life and Political Downfall of Clodia, Champion of the Republic
GUEST NAME: Douglas Boin
SUMMARY: Professor Douglas Boin discusses Clodia's pivotal role in late Republican Rome, detailing her wealth, rivalry with Cicero, and her brother Clodius's murder, which preceded the Roman Civil War.
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0:28.7

I'm John Batchew with Professor Douglas Boyne.

0:30.0

His new book is Clodia.

0:32.1

Champion of the Republic.

0:34.9

The politics here are critical.

0:37.2

This is the end of the Republic and the transition to Augustus,

0:41.0

to the empire, the empire that we still celebrate and think about and worry about and look for

0:46.0

analogies in 2100 years later. But the politics of the moment, I'm not, I'm a, forgive me, professor, I'm simplifying,

0:56.2

so you can do it more, you can parse it better. The popularists were the regular people,

1:03.2

the people, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, were the the senate those are the two big categories how did they interrelate

1:16.2

did they relate no i think you i think you're you're right here the we've got these two words

1:22.5

the optimates the the so-called best men and we've got the popularis who are I think the people's party and using

1:33.8

these words you know if we if we went into you know a space of specialists just for a second between

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