Vol 3 Ep 38 - The Beginning of the Roman Empire ( Augustus )

History of the World podcast

Chris Hasler

History

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🗓️ 27 September 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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44 BCE - 14 CE - Rome recovers after the death of Julius Caesar, and the constitution of Rome would change for good. One man emerges from all others to become the most trusted leader of the entire Roman Republic.

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0:40.0	And you're listening to volume 3, the classical world.
0:45.0	Episode 38, the beginning of the Roman Empire. Oh, In order to make the most of this week's episode we need to summarize where we got to in the chronological story of the Roman Republic
1:25.6	and Julius Caesar. The event of Caesar's death took place on the Ides of March.
1:32.4	The phrase the Ides of March.
1:33.8	The phrase the Ides of March has been romanticized in relation to the death of Julius
1:39.2	Caesar, but in modern terms it is the 15th of March.
1:44.4	The Romans called this day the Ides of March
1:47.7	because they did not use a numerical dating system. Caesar had ascended to a position of great influence within the Roman Republic,
1:58.0	and as such there were many people within the Republic who had grave concerns about this.
2:05.4	Caesar advocated a much more socialist style of national states
2:10.6	than those conservative Republicans would have liked.
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