Episode CXXXIII - Anthology of Interest II

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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🗓️ 13 January 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Rhiannon Evans, Caillan Davenport and Matt Smith each share three Roman topics of interest for three minutes! You will hear:
- Scaurus and the marble columns
- The 206 fragments of the Portland Vase
- The paranoia of Emperor Claudius
- The Roman perception of Ireland (featuring exploding sheep)
- The vanity of the Alexander the Sophist
- An early example of chemical warfare
- Living it rough with Seneca
- Goldflake and Innocence
- The nazi fascination with Tacitus' Germania

Guest:
Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)
Dr Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University/Humboldt Research Fellow, Goethe University, Frankfurt)

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0:00.0	Ah they and welcome to Emperor of Rome, a Roman history podcast from Latrobe University.
0:11.0	I'm your host Matt Smith and with me today two guests.
0:14.0	Firstly is Dr. Riano Evans, Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at
0:19.1	Latrobe University, and Dr. Kalin Davenport, Senior Lecturer in Roman History at Macquarie University,
0:25.9	and Humboldt Research Fellow at Girth University in Frankfurt.
0:30.1	This is episode C, XXXII I,, X I, I, I.
0:34.0	Anthology of interest I,
0:36.5	that's right for the second time,
0:38.0	we are taking three Roman topics of interest each
0:41.0	and presenting them for three minutes. The ultimate triumvirate if you will.
0:45.0	Three people, two experts and me with three things of Roman related interest for three minutes each.
0:52.0	So, Rianen, you are going first. Hello.
0:54.0	Scowress in the Marvel Columns is my story.
0:57.0	Off you go.
0:58.0	Marcus Amelia Scowress. He was Solas' stepson, but that is much beside the point.
1:03.7	He was E-dial in 58 B.C.
1:06.2	and part of his job was to look after entertainment
1:09.4	and he put on very lavish entertainment.
1:11.8	This included building a temporary theatre for the production of plays.
1:16.0	There was at this point no stone theatre in Rome, we know that because famously it didn't happen until 55 BC with the theatre of Pompey. So this was a wooden structure
1:26.1	and even though it was wooden scowra showed off by importing and placing 360 marble columns of Lucullen marble on the stage.
1:36.1	This is a black marble, which was much beloved
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