The Kings of Rome
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This episode contains references to sexual assault and suicide.
When you think of Ancient Rome, you don't often associate it with the idea of a Monarchy. But long before the likes of Julius Caesar, Augustus, or even Nero - Kings ruled over the land. Specifically - seven of them. But what happened to these Kings of Rome, and why aren't they immortalised in history the same way as their Emperor successors?
In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan is joined by fellow Podcast hosts and authors Dr Peta Greenfield and Dr Fiona Radford, to take us through this mysterious part of Ancient History. Looking at the key figures and myths who defined this period of Ancient Rome - what really happened to the Kings of Rome?
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Entrance on History Hit. |
| 0:13.5 | Ho Tristan Hughes your host and well we're going back hundreds and hundreds and hundreds |
| 0:18.7 | and hundreds of years deep into Rome's distant past into the ancient history of Rome because |
| 0:28.2 | we're going back pre-Roman empire. We're going back pre-Republican Rome. We're going |
| 0:32.9 | back to the quite mysterious, quite marky, regal period of ancient Rome. A time of seven |
| 0:42.8 | kings traditionally, although as you're going to hear in today's episode you might be able |
| 0:46.9 | to throw one or two more names to that traditional king list of Roman monarchs. |
| 0:54.1 | Now to talk through this incredible part of Rome's distant past, I was delighted to interview |
| 1:01.4 | just before Christmas two complete legends who diled in from down under. I am of course |
| 1:08.4 | talking about Dr Peter Greenfield and Dr Fiona Radford, the hosts of the partial historians |
| 1:15.1 | ancient history podcast. Those names may well ring a bell. Both Fiona and Peter appeared |
| 1:21.3 | on the ancient podcast. In its very early stages, I interviewed both of them in 2020. Peter |
| 1:28.0 | on the Vestal Virgins, Fiona on Spartacus and yes, the latter's episode we did re-release just |
| 1:35.1 | after Christmas 2022. And so in today's episode, Peter and Fiona they're back to talk through |
| 1:41.3 | their much loved topic that is the ancient history. And I think it's fair to say also some of the |
| 1:49.5 | more fantastical stories associated with these figures from Rome's really, really ancient past. |
| 1:57.3 | So sit down, relax, here's Fiona and here's Peter. |
| 2:13.9 | Peter, Fiona, it is great to have you both back on the podcast. |
| 2:18.8 | Thank you so much. Thank you so much for having us. You're more than welcome because it has been |
| 2:23.4 | too long. Peter yourself on the Vestal Virgins, Fiona on Spartacus and it's wonderful to be back |
| 2:29.2 | in contact with you guys down under about your latest escapade alongside your brilliant podcast, |
| 2:35.7 | The Partial Historians. The kings of Rome, I mean the regal period, you guys have dedicated so |
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