Episode CL - Q and A VI (Live)

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

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

For the sixth time, listeners provide questions and Rhiannon and Matt answer!
In this episode:
- Which Roman Emperor would our guests like to interview?
- Did Romans have pets?
- How did Romans organise construction?
- How did we decided when the Roman Empire ‘ended’?
- Are the ancient sources reliable?
- Did women and men in Rome share bath houses?
- Favourite Cicero self-aggrandisement?

Guest:
Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Head of School of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University)
Dr Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University/Humboldt Research Fellow, Goethe University, Frankfurt)
Virginia Trioli (ABC Journalist and Newsreader)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello podcast listeners. A quick notice before we get started with today's episode.
0:05.2	We are currently fundraising for a new podcast mini series.
0:08.6	It's on the topic of of its poem The Fasty And it features Rianna Evans and Peter Davis.
0:14.6	The campaign will be running until the end of October.
0:17.0	It will be exclusive to supporters only.
0:19.2	So if you would like to check it out and maybe pledge your support,
0:22.0	go to kickstarter
0:23.5	and search for Ovid's Fasty.
0:25.6	Ah they, and welcome to Emperors of Rome a Roman history podcast from Latrobe
0:36.4	University I'm your host Matt Smith and today something a little different
0:41.3	this is episode C.L. Q and A. V. I. And just to unpack what could
0:49.6	surely be to the uninitiated, a rather confusing bunch of consonants.
0:54.3	This is the sixth Q and A that we've had with the audience of Emperor's of Rome, and to do something
0:59.2	slightly different to celebrate the 150th episode, we held it live via Zoom with an audience from across the world.
1:06.6	It featured myself, Associate Professor Rianna Evans, Dr. Caylin Davenport,
1:11.8	and special guest ABC journalist Virginia Triole who was kind
1:16.5	enough to dress up for the occasion and provide us with this lovely intro.
1:20.5	Here's Virginia Triole Trier-Oly.
1:23.0	Away, as Professor Evans has taught me to say, and I'm very delighted to be here to welcome you to this
1:29.2	very special emperors of Rome, 150th episode live event.
1:34.3	I am not your host this evening.
1:36.5	You know who that guy is.
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