Episode CLXXIX - Q and A VII

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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🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

For the seventh time, listeners provide questions and Rhiannon and Matt answer! In this episode: - What happened to the original sources - Did the Romans have dogs, and how did they use them? - What types of jobs did the Romans have that don’t exist today? - Did far-flung provinces retain their own languages? - What kind of libraries did the Romans have? - Did Emperors support the arts? - Have we rethought Domitian?

Guest: Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Head of School of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University)

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0:00.0	R.V., and welcome to Empress of Rome, a Roman history podcast from Latrobe University.
0:11.3	I'm your host, Matt Smith, and with me today is Associate Professor Rianne Evans, Head
0:16.6	of the Department of Languages and Linguistics at Latrobe University.
0:21.0	This is episode C-L-X-X-I-X, Q&A-V-I-I.
0:28.0	It's right for the seventh time.
0:29.9	We have asked you the lovely listeners for questions, and here we are to give you our answers.
0:35.0	Hello, Rianne.
0:37.0	Hey, Matt.
0:38.0	It is the end of the year, and I thought, hey, end of the year is good time for a Q&A
0:42.4	episode.
0:43.4	So we asked for lots of questions, and we got lots of questions, didn't we?
0:47.1	You shouldn't rest for lots.
0:48.1	It was more than ever.
0:49.1	Yeah, I know.
0:50.1	Don't people aboard or something?
0:52.1	Oh.
0:53.1	Possibly.
0:54.1	Yeah, so seven Q&A episodes in, and we got more than 80 questions, which is really great.
0:59.9	So shall we crack on and try to answer as many of them as I've got in front of me?
1:04.4	We'll do our best.
1:05.9	The first one that we've got is from Russell Peart.
1:08.4	What type of jobs and titles were there in Rome, in particular ones that we don't have
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