Episode CCXVI - A Roman Haunting in Three Parts

Emperors of Rome

La Trobe University

Roman Emire, Rhiannon Evans, Biography, Emperor, La Trobe University, Roman History, Julius Caesar, Rome, Caesar, Ancient History, History, Caillan Davenport, Roman Emperors

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🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A dire warning from the spirit of Africa! A Haunting in Athens! And someone cuts the hair of Pliny's freedman.

Pliny the Younger presents a Roman Haunting in Three Parts.

Guest: Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University).

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0:00.0	R.V. and welcome to Emperors of Rome, a Roman history podcast from Latrobe University.
0:11.6	I'm your host Matt Smith and with me today is Associate Professor Rihanna Nevens, head
0:16.7	of the Classics and Ancient History Program at Latrobe University.
0:21.2	This is episode CCXVI and because it's a spooky time for you, we bring you this special
0:28.1	episode with a Roman haunting in three parts.
0:32.2	Hello Rihanna.
0:33.2	Hey Matt.
0:34.2	Let's get cracking with our Halloween special, shall we?
0:37.4	Yes, the scary time of year.
0:39.4	That's right and today we have an appropriately scary letter from Pliny the Younger, the
0:45.2	noted complainer to Trajan.
0:47.2	Yeah, poor Pliny.
0:49.2	He can get much back, Susie.
0:51.2	No, no, he didn't.
0:52.8	So just kind of broadly, what can we expect from this letter?
0:57.6	In this letter, Pliny writes to a friend as he often does and he writes to him about three
1:03.4	supernatural spooky stories.
1:05.6	So he's done a Halloween anthology for us?
1:08.2	Yeah, he kind of has done our job for us and indeed, it explains why much of what we're
1:13.3	doing is reading out the letter and extemporising on it.
1:17.0	Yes, okay.
1:18.0	The latest method of podcasting other, so...
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