Rome Rewritten: How the Roman Empire Still Shapes Us

History of the Papacy Podcast

History of the Papacy

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Why does the Roman Empire still hold such power over our imagination — and our institutions? In this episode, Steve is joined by journalist and bestselling author Aldo Cazzullo, whose new book The Never-Ending Empire explores the enduring legacy of Rome in everything from politics to language to architecture — and now, the papacy itself. We discuss the Roman Republic, the Gracchi brothers, Julius Caesar, the transformation into the Christian empire, and the echoes of it all in today’s world — especially with the historic election of the first American pope, Leo XIV. What connects Augustus and Zuckerberg? Caesar and Washington? The Roman Senate and Capitol Hill? Tune in to find out. Visit Aldo’s work at https://www.instagram.com/cazzulloaldo or check out The Never-Ending Empire from your favorite bookseller.
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0:00.0	Looking for a simple way to stay rooted in God's Word every day.
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0:23.3	Start and end your day with God's Word.
0:25.4	Search for the Daily Bible Devotion app in the App Store or Google Play Store
0:29.6	and download it today. Welcome back to the history of the papacy podcast, a podcast about the popes of Rome and Christian church.
0:49.4	Prepare yourself to step behind the ropes and leave the official tour of the story of the
0:54.5	popes and Christianity. I am your host, Steve Guara, and I thank you for joining me on this journey.
1:17.0	Hey, everybody, welcome back to the History of the Papacy podcast.
1:25.4	I am very excited to be joined today by author Aldo Cazulo, who has written a book called The Never-ending Empire, the Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome.
1:29.6	Thank you so much for coming on the show, Aldo.
1:32.1	Thank you so much.
1:33.8	Let's just get right into it.
1:35.7	And can you tell us a little bit about yourself and maybe get into a little bit of the Roman Empire and the Roman Republic space and genre. It has just a
1:47.2	seemingly endless font of books, movies, papers. Why Rome? I have a good question. I am 59. I'm a
1:55.7	journalist. I am a writer. I wrote 30 books about Italian history and identity.
2:04.5	I sold two million copies of those books.
2:09.2	Surely everything begins with Rome.
2:13.5	Italy is a very recent, modern state.
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